{"id":130994,"date":"2019-03-22T15:18:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T19:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=130994"},"modified":"2019-03-22T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T19:18:06","slug":"storm-saulters-award-winning-drama-sprinter-to-hit-theaters-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/storm-saulters-award-winning-drama-sprinter-to-hit-theaters-april-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Saulter\u2019s Award-winning Drama \u2018Sprinter\u2019 To Hit Theaters April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FilmRise has announced the Theatrical-On-Demand\u00ae release of the award-winning feature drama SPRINTER<\/strong>. Executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith<\/strong>, SPRINTER is a coming-of-age drama highlighting every-day Jamaican culture that is rarely seen on film. Winner of the Best Feature Film, Best Director, and Audience Award at 2018\u2019s American Black Film Festival<\/strong>, and Jury Winner for Best Narrative Feature at the 2019 Pan African Film Festival<\/strong>, SPRINTER will be released to movie theaters nationwide April 24, 2019 via Gathr Films\u2019 Theatrical-On-Demand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Written and directed <\/span>by Storm Saulter (Better Mus\u2019 Come), SPRINTER stars newcomer Dale Elliott<\/strong> (Akeem), Kadeem Wilson<\/strong> (Ghett\u2019 A Life), Dennis Titus<\/strong> (The Mighty Quinn) Shantol Jackson<\/strong> (Yardie), Bryshere Y. Gray<\/strong> (Empire, The New Edition Story), with Lorraine Toussaint<\/strong> (Orange is The New Black), and David Alan Grier<\/strong> (Jumanji, In Living Color).<\/p>\n

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The film follows17-year-old Akeem Sharp (newcomer Dale Elliott), nicknamed the Rasta Rocket for his once-in-a-generation speed, who is set to be Jamaica\u2019s next big track-and-field sensation.\u00a0 Akeem hopes his rise in athletics will take him to the U.S. for the\u00a0World Youth Championships in Los Angeles and reunite him with his mother, who has supported the family while living as an illegal resident for over a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But Akeem\u2019s rising star is weighed down by turmoil at home: a volatile father, and an unruly older brother who insinuates himself into Akeem\u2019s career as a means of escaping \u2013 or perhaps enhancing \u2013 his scam artist hustle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPRINTER<\/b>\u00a0was produced by Robert Maylor of Mental Telepathy Pictures, Clarence Hammond, and Jamal Watson, with Jada and Will Smith as Executive Producers, along with NBA Veteran and Media Personality Richard Jefferson, Josef Bogdanovich, Zachary Harding, Dr. Lim Dong Pyo, and Flipp Montgomery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n