An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Los Angeles Media Fund, Participant, Hill District Media, 25 Stories
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- biography
- based on true story
- yale university
- racism
- hardship
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- shooting
- newark, new jersey
- absent father
- tragic
- based on real person
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Top Cast
Jay Will as Robert DeShaun Peace
Mary J. Blige as Jackie Peace
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Camila Cabello as Naya
Michael Kelly as Edwin Leahy
Mare Winningham as Professor Durham
Gbenga Akinnagbe as Carl
Juan Castano as Oswaldo Gutierrez
Top Crew
Chiwetel Ejiofor · Director, Writer
Jeff Hobbs · Novel
Jeff Russo · Composer
Ksenia Sereda · Cinematographer
Masahiro Hirakubo · Editor
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