If I Had Known I Was a Genius is a film directed by Dominique Wirtschafter and written by Markus Redmond (who also stars in the film). The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the
2007 Sundance Film Festival.
[festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4679 Retrieved 2007-09-23]
Plot
Michael (Markus Redmond) is an
African American boy with a
genius I.Q. His family refuses to encourage him and tries to bring him down, and his mother (Whoopi Goldberg) nicknames him "Ugly". Michael enrolls in a high school drama class and finds encouragement from an eccentric teacher.
