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If ever there was a MUST SEE historical Black film, this is it! <\/strong>“The Banker<\/strong>,”<\/a> starring\u00a0Anthony Mackie,\u00a0Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult,\u00a0Nia Long and\u00a0Jessie T. Usher,<\/strong> is based on a true story about Bernard Garrett<\/a> & Joe Morris, two of the first African-American bankers in the United States.<\/strong> Banker starring Samuel Jackson Anthony Mackie & Nia Earns NAACP Image Award<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBlack-owned banks were able to help African Americans participate in the economy in ways they were never able to participate,\u201d says\u00a0Brandon Winford<\/a>. \u201cThey were able to purchase homes, take out a small loan to purchase an appliance or a car. Many black churches and schools were helped and saved because of African American-owned banks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Apple Original Films’<\/strong> Academy Award nominations for “Wolfwalkers” and “Greyhound,” its film “The Banker”<\/a><\/strong> was honored with an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture<\/strong>. Watch trailer below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognized as the nation’s preeminent multicultural awards show from an African American perspective, the NAACP Image Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements\u00a0and performances of people of color in the arts and those who promote social justice through their creative work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Melvin I. Belli, right, a San Francisco lawyer, reads a statement for his weeping client, Bernard S. Garrett, in an appearance before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee in Washington, April 1, 1965. Garrett broke down on the witness stand while trying to explain his role in a real estate mortgage deal blamed for the collapse of a Marlin, Texas bank. Henry Griffin\/AP Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by true events, “The Banker”<\/a> centers on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie<\/strong>) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson<\/strong>), who devise an audacious and\u00a0risky plan to take on the racist establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Along with Garrett’s wife Eunice (Nia Long<\/strong>), they train a\u00a0working class white man, Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire \u2013 while Garrett and Morris pose\u00a0as a janitor and a chauffeur. Their success ultimately draws the attention of the federal government, which threatens everything the four have built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Directed by\u00a0George Nolfi<\/strong> (“The Adjustment Bureau”) and produced by Joel Viertel.<\/strong> Brad Feinstein<\/strong> produced under his Romulus Entertainment banner, along with producers Nolfi<\/strong>, Nnamdi\u00a0Asomugha, Jonathan Baker, David Lewis Smith <\/strong>and Anthony Mackie. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive producerd by Joseph F. Ingrassia, Samuel L. Jackson, Will Greenfield, David Gendron <\/strong>and Ali\u00a0Jazayeri. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Niceole Levy, George Nolfi, David Lewis Smith<\/strong> and Stan Younger<\/strong> from a story by David Lewis Smith, Stan Younger<\/strong> and Brad Caleb Kane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ellen @ Blackfilm \u2013 Review of The Banker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If ever there was a MUST SEE historical Black film, this is it! “The Banker,” starring\u00a0Anthony Mackie,\u00a0Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult,\u00a0Nia Long and\u00a0Jessie T. Usher, is based on a true story about Bernard Garrett & Joe Morris, two of the first African-American bankers in the United States. 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