Category: Upcoming Films

Son Of The South

Release Date:   2/5/21; VOD (Original Release – 8/26/20; American Black Film Festival)
Genre:  Biography/Drama
Rating:   Pg-13
Director:  Barry Alexander Brown
Studio(s):  Buffalo 8 Productions, El Ride Productions, Lucidity Entertainment, Major Motion Pictures, River Bend Pictures, SSS Film Capital, Clear Horizon.
Running Time:  105 mins.

Cast:  Lucas Till as Bob Zellner, Lucy Hale as Carol Anne, Lex Scott Davis as Joanne, Julia Ormond as Virginia Durr, Cedric the Entertainer as Ralph Abernathy, Sharonne Lainer as Rosa Parks, Brian Dennehy as Grandfather, Chaka Forman as Jim Forman, Mike C. Manning as Townsend Ellis, Shamier Anderson as Reggie, Ludi Lin as Derek Ang, Dexter Darden as John Lewis, Matt William Knowles as Jim Zwerg, Byron Herlong as James Zellner, Onye Eme-Akwari as Charles McDew.

Story:  Based on Bob Zellner’s autobiography The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, the film follows the true-life story of Zellner, an Alabama native and grandson of a Birmingham Klansman who is pulled into the center of the civil rights movement. The spring and summer of 1961 challenged the 22-year old to rethink his beliefs as he witnessed the heroism of John Lewis during the Montgomery Freedom Riders riot in May of that year.  Spike Lee is the executive producer.  Source(s):  Black Film; The Wektumpka Herald.

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Concrete Cowboy

Release Date:  4/2/21; Netflix (Original Release – 9/13/20)
Genre:  Drama/Based On A True Story
Rating:  R
Director:  Ricky Staub
Studio(s):  Green Door Pictures, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Neighborhood Film Co., Tucker Tooley Entertainment; Netflix
Running Time:  111 mins.

Cast:  Idris Elba (Harp), Caleb McLaughlin (Cole), Jharrel Jerome (Smush), Lorraine Toussaint (Nessie), Byron Bowers (Rome), Method Man (Leroy).

Story:  In this drama inspired by the real-life Fletcher Street Stables, 15-year-old Cole is taken to live with his estranged father Harp in North Philadelphia. There he discovers the city’s vibrant urban cowboy subculture, which has existed for more than 100 years providing a safe haven for the neighborhood despite the surrounding poverty, violence, and encroachment of gentrification.  Source:  IMDB; Shadow and Act.

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Bruised

Release Date:  11/24/21; Netflix (Original Release – 2020)
Genre:  Drama/Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Halle Berry
Studio(s):  Romulus Entertainment, Aloe Entertainment, Bohemia Media, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Rhea Films (II), Thunder Road Pictures
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Halle Berry, Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto, Shelia Atim, Stephen McKinley Henderson.

Story:  Jackie Justice, a disgraced MMA fighter who has failed at the one thing she’s ever been good at – fighting. When 6-year-old Manny, the son she walked out on years ago, returns on her doorstep, Jackie has to conquer her demons, face one of the fiercest rising stars of the MMA world and ultimately fight to become the mother this kid deserves.  Source:  Shadow and Act.

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The Killing Secret

Release Date:  8/4/2020; DVD (Original Release – 2018)
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  NR
Directors:  Sheena Herod, Wardell Richardson
Studio(s):  Tapoo Productions
Running Time:  65 mins.
Cast:  Blue Kimble, Stephanie Stevens, Denise Monet Bingley

Story:   Daniel and his wife Brenda appeared to have it all together, but smiles can be deceiving and kisses can be poison.  A healthy marriage is difficult to attain and destroy, but not when secrets are intertwined in the vows, especially one that can kill.  Source:  Maverick Entertainment.

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You People

Release Date:  8/18/2020; DVD (Original Release – 2018)
Genre:  Comedy/Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  Laron M. Chapman
Studio(s):  WeerNProduction, You People, Maverick Entertainment.
Running Time:  94 Minutes
Cast:  Joseph Lee Anderson, Gabrielle Reyes, James Austin Kerr.

Story:  You People is a satirical comedy about modern stereotypes, chronicling the life of an intelligent, white-washed, African-American college student, adopted by a liberal Caucasian family, who has a crisis of identity while growing up in the Bible belt, white suburbia with his urban hip-hop culture obsessed, white best friend. When an attractive girl on campus approaches the black protagonist based on his “presumed” stereotypical traits, he has to undergo a “cultural transformation” with the help of his white companion to tap into his inner “blackness.”  Source:  Maverick Entertainment.

 

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Fatal Affair

Release Date:  7/16/2020; Netflix
Genre:   Drama
Rating:   NR
Director:  Peter Sullivan
Studio(s):   Hybrid, Netflix

Cast:   Nia Long (Ellie), Omar Epps (David), Stephen Bishop (Michael), Aubrey Cleland (Brittany), Maya Stojan (Courtney), Kj Smith (Deborah), Jason-Shane Scott (Travis), Carolyn Hennesy (Janice), Fredella Calloway (Dr. Beverly), Estelle (Linda).

Story:   Ellie (Nia Long) tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus (Stephen Bishop) after a brief encounter with an old friend David (Omar Epps) only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she’d realized.  Source:  Black Film.

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