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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