blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona sat down with Ali LeRoi to talk ‘American Refugee’ available now on EPIX & for digital purchase via Paramount Home Entertainment. The pair talked about his experiences on set, taking on unexpected roles and more!! Chicago native Ali LeRoi is also the co-creator of ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ & is insightful about his journey. Watch the interview and let us know what you think!
ABOUT AMERICAN REFUGEE
Check out our interview with Derek Luke and Erika Alexander about ‘American Refugee’ and let us know what you think!!
ABOUT AMERICAN REFUGEE
‘American Refugee’ premiered on EPIX Friday, December 10th, 2021. EPIX® and Blumhouse have cast Erika Alexander, Derek Luke, and Sam Trammell in lead roles. Available now on EPIX & for Digital Purchase via Paramount Home Entertainment, Blumhouse Television. The film tells the story of a family seeking shelter in a neighbor’s bunker (Trammell), while the American economy is in collapse and the nation under martial law.
There they find the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside. Alexander is a two-time winner of the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Living Single), and recently garnered a fourth nomination for Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series for Black Lightning.
She costars in the HULU series Wu Tang: An American Saga and will next be seen starring in the Starz/Lionsgate comedy series, RUN THE WORLD. She is cofounder of Color Farm Media, and the producer of the 2021 NAACP Best Documentary, John Lewis: Good Trouble. The film introduces newcomer Peyton Jackson who made his big screen debut as in Tyler Perry’s Nobody’s Fool where he performed with Tiffany Haddish, Omari Hardwick, and Tika Sumpter. He is most known for his role as Drew on the OWN Network’s First Christmas, Eli on FOX’s The Resident, and Young Cecil in MGM’s Respect where he performed with Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, and Skye Dakota Turner. The supporting cast includes Zamani Wilder (Blumhouse Television’s Sacred Lies), Jessi Case (Mother’s Day), and Vince Mattis (Halloween).
Emmy award-winning multi-hyphenate Ali LeRoi (The Obituary of Tunde Johnson) is directing the second film for the Blumhouse-Epix eight-movie slate from a script by Allison & Nicolas Buckmelter which won the distinguished Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Production is underway in New Orleans.
Executive producers are Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse, and Lisa Bruce.
About Blumhouse
Blumhouse is known for pioneering a new model of studio filmmaking: producing high-quality micro-budget films and provocative television series. Regarded as the driving force in the horror renaissance, Blumhouse has produced over 150 movies and television series with theatrical grosses amounting to over $4.8 billion. The company has produced iconic, genre, film franchises like Halloween, Paranormal Activity, The Purge, and prolific films like Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man; Glass, The Visit and Split from M. NIght Shyamalan; Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman; Get Out from Jordan Peele; among several others. Blum’s television company operates in horror programming – with streaming anthology series like Welcome to the Blumhouse for Amazon and Into the Dark for Hulu – and has also expanded beyond genre with provocative and acclaimed scripted and unscripted series and documentaries, such as The Good Lord Bird, starring Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, for Showtime; The Loudest Voice, starring Golden Globe winner Russell Crowe for Showtime; A Wilderness of Error (FX); The Jinx for HBO; A Secret Love, from executive producer Ryan Murphy, for Netflix; and lauded HBO series Sharp Objects, starring Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson, among others.
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