{"id":117167,"date":"2018-12-15T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/read\/?p=117167"},"modified":"2018-12-19T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:13:43","slug":"clips-for-tv-ones-holiday-film-coins-for-christmas-starring-essence-atkins-stephen-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/clips-for-tv-ones-holiday-film-coins-for-christmas-starring-essence-atkins-stephen-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"Clips For TV One&#8217;s Holiday Film &#8216;Coins For Christmas&#8217; Starring Essence Atkins, Stephen Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-115955\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 212 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Coins-For-Christmas-poster-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Premiering Sunday, December 16 at 7 p.m.\/6C is the TV One original holiday film,<strong> &#8220;Coins For Christmas,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0starring\u00a0<strong>Essence Atkins <\/strong>(NBC&#8217;s Marlon)and<strong> Stephen Bishop<\/strong>\u00a0(BET&#8217;s Being Mary Jane).<\/p>\n<p>Coins For Christmas tells the story of single mother, Madison Morris (played by Essence), who is struggling to make ends meet \u2013 just two weeks before Christmas.\u00a0A chance encounter leads her on a new path.<\/p>\n<p>The film is written by<strong> Rhonda F. Baraka<\/strong> and directed by <strong>Jamal Hill<\/strong>, with casting by <strong>Leah Daniels-Butler<\/strong>, CSA and George Pierre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Coins-For-Christmas-TC-Carson-Kelly-Price-Karlie-Redd-James-\u201cLil-JJ\u201d-Lewis-Rodney-Perry-and-Karon-Joseph-Riley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-112697\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Coins-For-Christmas-TC-Carson-Kelly-Price-Karlie-Redd-James-\u201cLil-JJ\u201d-Lewis-Rodney-Perry-and-Karon-Joseph-Riley-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Single mom Madison finds herself scraping pennies together two weeks before Christmas after the IRS freezes her bank account, her ex fails to come through with any help and her boss fires her. Desperate to pay bills and buy gifts for her teenage children, Madison jumps into the ever-popular \u201cgig economy.\u201d That\u2019s when she meets and eventually gets hired by obnoxious, sidelined former pro football player Alec Darby (Bishop), also secretly on the verge of going broke. This odd couple butts heads time and time again, but they eventually forge a friendship. And, to their surprise, they learn a lot about themselves and teach one another how to be better people.<\/p>\n<p>The cast also includes <strong>TC Carson<\/strong> (as Hank), singer <strong>Kelly Price<\/strong> (as herself), Love &amp; Hip Hop: Atlanta\u2019s <strong>Karlie Redd, James \u201cLil JJ\u201d Lewis<\/strong> (as Rex), <strong>Rodney Perry<\/strong> as Mr. Cannon, and <strong>Karon Joseph Riley<\/strong> (as Jake).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jc7p6k7uTAc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meet Essence Atkins, Stephen Bishop and The Rest Of The Cast Of &#8216;Coins For Christmas&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NaOvMrzf1TA\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Clip &#8211; Severance Pay<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGKL0mbFg-Y\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Clip &#8211; How To Make The Coins<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxXGnohq29k\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-117167 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/new-poster-for-jordan-peeles-us-starring-lupita-nyongo-winston-duke\/us-poster-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Us-Poster-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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