WHO’S IN IT?
Will Smith (King Richard), Ben Foster (Hell or High Water), Steven Ogg (Solis), Charmaine Bingwa (Trees of Peace), Gilbert Owuor (Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You), Mustafa Shakir (Brawl in Cell Block 99), Grant Harvey (Sins of Our Youth), Ronnie Gene Blevins (Joe), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), Jabbar Lewis (Adventure Force 5), Michael Luwoye (film debut), Aaron Moten (Father Stu), Imani Pullum (Muslimah’s Guide to Marriage)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), director; Bill Collage (Assassin’s Creed), writer; Todd Black (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Joey McFarland (The Wolf of Wall Street), Jon Mone (Battleship) and Will Smith (King Richard), producers; Marcelo Zarvos (Wonder), composer; Robert Richardson (Django Unchained), cinematographer; editor TBA
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In 1863 Louisiana, a enslaved man named Peter (Smith) is nearly whipped to death by his cruel owners. Making a daring escape to the North, he soon joins the Union Army, and contributes toward a major gain for the abolitionist movement…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Will Smith is back in the Oscar race (yes, even after THAT slap) with a harrowing rendition of the true story of a slave known as “Whipped Peter”, who became a symbol for the anti-slavery rhetoric of the time.
WHEN’S IT OUT?
FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2022
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?
IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON APPLE TV+
