Tag: Drama

A Girl Like Grace

a-girl-like-graceRelease Date:  2015
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Runtime:  94 mins.
Studio(s):  Azro Media, Datari Turner Productions, Leverage Films
Director:  Ty Hodges

Cast:  Ryan Destiny (Grace), Meagan Good (Share), Raven-Symoné (Mary), Paige Hurd (Andrea), Garcelle Beauvais (Lisa), Blair Redford (Billy), Romeo Miller (Jason), Leticia Jimenez (Evelyn), Datari Turner (Jeffery).

Story:  Movie follows seventeen-year-old Grace (Ryan Destiny), who grows up in a dysfunctional home raised by her single mother (Garcelle Beauvais). Grace fights for acceptance in the world while being bullied at school by Mary (Raven Symone). Grace looks for guidance from her best friend Andrea (Paige Hurd) and becomes heavily influenced by Andrea’s older sister Share (Meagan Good). A Girl Like Grace spirals into a dark world of sex, rebellion and her idea of womanhood. Source: Official Facebook page.  Photo Source:  mattersofmyheart.com.

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Push

PushRelease Date:  4/26/15 (TBA)
Genre:  Drama/Thriller
Rating:  R
Studio(s):  Loud Films; IntrygueGraphics Media.
Running Time:  Unknown
Director:  Tery Wilson
Cast:  Shaquita Smith (Serenity), Jaye Taylor (Rosella), Patrick Walker (Brayden), Blue Kimble (Jace), Sayyed Shabazz (Davey), Jael Roberson (April), Allan Ansell (Detective Swanson).

Story:  Serenity has spent months orchestrating an identity theft heist that will payoff big but when a friend goes missing and the police get involved she has to make a decision to risk it all. Source: Official Facebook page, IMDB.

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Conflict of Interest

Conflict of InterestRelease Date:  4/25/15 (Las Vegas Black Film Festival)
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  Unknown
Studio(s):  BCB Records & Productions, T Ford Model Productions
Running Time:  115 mins.
Director:  Thomas Mikal Ford

Cast:  Jazsmin Lewis (Gabriele Winters), Thomas Mikal Ford (Jordan Winters), Bria L. Murphy (Asia), Viviane Brazile (Vivienne), Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. (Daryl), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Rich), Carl Anthony Payne, II (Mark), Dorien Wilson (Samson), Karen Malina White (Gabriele’s mother).

Story:  This thrilling story about love, betrayal and forgiveness, centers on Gabriele Winters, a successful no nonsense Deputy District Attorney, with an adoring and equally as successful husband (Jordan) and beautiful college age daughter (Asia). One day a case lands on her desk that threatens to expose a secret she has kept hidden for years. Could Donte, the alleged graffiti artist she is now prosecuting, be the SECRET that has haunted her for years? In her quest to find out the truth about Donte and yet maintain her secret, Gabriel begins breaking all the rules and her life is spiraling out of control; Jordan is disturbed by his wife’s unusual behavior and now believes that Gabriel is involved with another man. Gabriel is further pushed to the limits when Donte begins dating her daughter, Asia! Gabriel is forced to solve this mystery before this lie will destroy her marriage, life and job. This fact-finding, soul-stirring journey Gabriel now finds herself on, poses a conflict of interest not only in her professional life, but more importantly in her personal life. After peeling back years of hurt, pain and secrets, Gabriel discovers the importance of forgiveness and unconditional love. Source(s): coithemovie.com (official site), IMDB.

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Sister Code

Sister CodeRelease Date:  5/8/15 (In Theaters – Limited)
Genre:  Comedy/Drama
Rating:  R
Running Time:  84 mins.
Studio: A I R Media, GVN Releasing
Director:  Corey Grant

Cast:  Amber Rose (Lexi), Eva Marcille (Sheila), Drew Sidora (Lavae), Marcus T. Paulk (Lil Danger), Don Hale, Jr. (Brian), Anne-Marie Johnson (Mama Layne), Amin Joseph (Thomas), Sade Kimora Young (Young Sheila), Asia Monet Ray (Young Lexi), Laya DeLeon Hayes (Young Lavae), Essence Atkins (Corrine Wells), Erica Ash (Jamaya).

Story:  Sister Code is the funny and touching story of three foster sisters with drastically different personalities, living together in Los Angeles. Amber Rose plays Lexi, the free-spirited artist; Eva Marcille is Sheila, the corporate killer with a soft side, and Drew Sidora works her magic as Lavae, the glue that keeps the family together.

With the revered matriarch of the family gone, the James girls must learn to navigate the choppy waters of love, life and sisterhood without her. And when a tragic sisterly secret is revealed, they must learn to dig deep, put their differences aside, and tap into that never-ending bond instilled in them by their beloved foster mother.

Through it all, our three sisters will grow closer, love harder, and ultimately prove that mama James was right all along… blood may be thicker than water, but love is thicker than everything. The story of the James sisters will inspire all of us to celebrate the most important people in our lives: our family.  Source:  sistercodemovie.com, official site; IMDB.

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Where Children Play

Where Children PlayRelease Date:  12/1/15 (DVD)
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Running Time: 106 mins.
Studio: Turning Point Pictures
Director:  Leila Djansi

Cast:  Brian White (Jeremy Spencer), Teyonah Parris (Bellissima McCain), Leon (David McCain), Macy Gray (Helen Harold), Edwina Findley Dickerson (Gayle McCain), Miranda Bailey (Paige), Kylee Russell (Ruby).

Story:  Film centers on a young woman who extricates herself from a violent family situation in an act of self-preservation but to find herself, she must face her fears. Estranged from her family for ten years, Bellissima, ‘Bell’ Mccain, returns to Compton for her mother’s funeral and then is forced to stay and care for her sick father. The house becomes flooded not only with vivid memories of the abuse doled out by the very man whom Bell must nurse, but also her teenage sister, Ruby, who had died in the house has long awaited Bell’s return. Source(s): IMDB, Blackflix.

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Details:  On 4/5/15, The Wrap reported that Where Children Play has been acquired by the Urban Movie Channel.  The film is slated for a limited theatrical release in June and will also run on the Urban Movie Channel.  Source:  The Wrap.

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Knucklehead

KnuckleheadRelease Date:  2015
Genre:  Drama/Family
Rating:  Unknown
Running Time:  83 mins
Studio:  Hayden 5 Media
Director:  Ben Bowman
Cast:  Alfre Woodard (Sheila), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Langston) Amari Cheatom (Julian), Nikiya Mathis (Teeny Miles), Carla Duren (Cassie), Justin Myrick (Arthur), Lauren Hudges (Molly), Manuel Herrera (Javier), David Lavine (Dr. Maddox), DeWanda Wise (Charlotte).

Story:  When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows is left without a protector in Brooklyn’s housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. If Langston can become “mentally excellent”, it will mean moving into an apartment of his own with his girlfriend, who may herself be a creation of his wishful thinking. Landing in the unscrupulous world of pharmaceutical marketing, the search for his mysterious doctor and hero leads to some unwanted discoveries. Langston strives for independence from his prior life; from his mother, from his neighborhood and from his fractured mind – while all around him people are not who they seem. Source: IMDB; Shadow and Act, knuckleheadfilm.com.

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