Halle Berry – Black Cinema Connection

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.

3 Jul 202023 Sep 2021 by blackcinemaconnection Categories: Upcoming FilmsTags: Halle Berry Leave a comment

Kidnap

Release Date: 8/4/17; In Theaters
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R
Running Time: 94 mins.
Studio(s): Relativity Studios, Rumble Entertainment, Well Go USA Entertainment, 606 Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Gold Star Films.

Director: Luis Prieto
Cast: Halle Berry, Patrick Kearns, Lew Temple, Dana Gourrier, Christopher Berry, Robert Walker Branchaud, Erica Curtis, Ritchie Montgomery, Kurt Krause, and Michael D. Anglin.

Story: A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son. Source: Joblo.com.

A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. A relentless, edge-of-your seat chase ensues, where Karla must risk everything to not lose sight of her son. Source: Black Film.

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29 May 201614 Jun 2017 by blackcinemaconnection Categories: Upcoming FilmsTags: Halle Berry, Thriller Leave a comment

Tulia

Status: Delayed
Release Date: TBA
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Available
Studio: Lionsgate/Lift Films
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Halle Berry (Vanita Gupta), Billy Bob Thornton
Story: Pic centers on a lawyer’s efforts to expose a rash of drug convictions in rural Tulia, Texas, in 1999. Adaptation of Nate Blakeslee’s book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, in which 10% of the black population of Tulia was incarcerated. The arrests did not produce drugs or money, causing attorneys and civil-rights groups to denounce the bust as racial profiling. The undercover agent who conducted the bust was indicted on perjury charges; most of the 46 arrestees were eventually pardoned by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Details: According to Indiewire Shadow and Act, as of March 20, 2013, neither Berry nor Singleton is attached to this project anymore. (Source(s): Variety; Indiewire Shadow and Act).

23 Feb 2014 by blackcinemaconnection Categories: Rumoured or Announced ProjectsTags: Based On A True Story, Black Movie, Drama, Halle Berry, John Singleton, Tulia 1 Comment

Frankie & Alice

Release Date: April 4, 2014 (In Theaters, Limited)
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Studio: Codeblack Films
Running Time: 101 minutes
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Halle Berry (Frankie)
Stellan Skarsgård (Oz)
Phylicia Rashad (Edna)
Chandra Wilson (Maxine)
Alex Diakun (Hal)
Joanne Baron (Nurse Susan Shaw)
Story: Moving psychological drama based on the harrowing true story of Frankie Murdoch, a woman suffering with multiple personality disorder in early 1970s Los Angeles. (Synopsis taken from comingsoon.net).
Notes: Opened on December 10, 2010, for an awards run. Berry was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actress for her performance.