In The Hive (The Discarded Boys)Film will open and premiere on July 6th, 2011 in Miami at the American Black Film Festival
Director: Robert Townsend
Producers: Messiah Jacobs, Rey Ramsey, David Saunier, Robert Townsend
Screenwriter: Cheryl L. West
Editor: Robert Pergament
Composer: Dontae Winslow
Cast: Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, Vivica A. Fox, Ali Liebert, Percy Daggs III, Jonathan ‘Lil J’ McDaniel, Roger Guenveur Smith, Bre Scullark, Richard Kuhlman, Jontille Gerard, Michael Coley, Gordon Greene, David Baeza, Tre Roberts
The Discarded Boys is based on the real experiences of the people who attend and teach at a special school in North Carolina called “The Hive.” It’s based on a true story about this woman in North Carolina named Vivian Saunders, who basically without really any formal education, started an alternative school for all these boys who were being kicked out: gang bangers, drug dealers. And they’re all teenagers, fathers at 14 and 15.
The Hive was created to provide a safe place for troubled boys to get a second chance at an education, learn about technology and also about breaking the cycle of living life on the streets, in gangs, and in jail.
Jonathan ‘Lil J’ McDaniel (That’s So Raven), who plays Xtra, one of the Hive’s top students and a former gangbanger.
