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The Ultimate 2013 Black Fall Movie Preview<\/strong><\/h1>\n

October 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: Codeblack Films (Lionsgate)<\/p>\n

Director: George Tillman, Jr.
\nScreenwriter: Michael Starrbury
\nMusic: Alicia Keys, Mark Isham
\nCast: Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Anthony Mackie, Jeffrey Wright, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbale, Julito McCullum, Ken Maharaj<\/p>\n

Synopsis: During a sweltering summer in New York City, 13-year-old Mister\u2019s (Brooks) hard-living mother (Hudson) is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and nine-year-old Pete (Dizon) alone to forage for food while dodging child protective services and the destructive scenarios of the Brooklyn projects. Faced with more than any child can be expected to bear, the resourceful Mister nevertheless feels he is an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles. But what really keeps the pair in the survival game is much more Mister\u2019s vulnerability than his larger-than-life attitude.<\/p>\n

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete is a beautifully observed and tremendously moving film about salvation through friendship and the way transformation sometimes can happen just by holding on long enough.<\/p>\n

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October 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

12 Years A Slave<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n

Director: Steve McQueen
\nScreenwriter: John Ridley
\nStarring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Alfre Woodard, Chris Chalk, Taran Killam, Bill Camp<\/p>\n

Synopsis: “12 Years a Slave” is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon\u2019s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.<\/p>\n

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I’m In Love With A Church Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: High Top Releasing<\/p>\n

Director: Steve Race
\nWriter: Galley Molina
\nProducers: Israel Houghton, Galley Molina, Michael K. Race, Sean Dinoodie
\nCast: Ja Rule, Adrienne Bailon, Stephen Baldwin, Toby Mac, T-Bone, Michael Madsen, Vincent Pastore, Martin Kove, Michael Rivera
\nRunning Time: 118 Minutes
\nProduction Co.: Reverence Gospel Media<\/p>\n

Synopsis: Cars. Good looks. Mansions. Money. Women. Miles Montego has it all. Including a past. He was king of the streets as a high-level drug trafficker, and although he has tried to move on, the DEA isn\u2019t convinced. Miles is still rolling with his old friends and colleagues, and the feds are certain he has not fully-retired from his criminal past.<\/p>\n

When Miles meets Vanessa Leon, a woman who is different than every other woman he\u2019s met, he is drawn to her beauty and her faith. She is a \u201cchurch girl\u201d in every-sense of the word. Increasingly, he is torn between a life that he knows and a love that he feels. As Vanessa experiences his lavish lifestyle, mobster-type friends, gun play, and encounters with past women, Vanessa must reconcile her faith in God and her growing love for Miles.<\/p>\n

Both are tested to their last ounce of faith and strength in God and each other. God continues to chip away at Miles through struggles from his past, having to live up to his reputation, feelings of unworthiness, the death of his mother, federal charges, his friends being indicted, the strain on his relationship with Vanessa, almost losing her in a near fatal car accident, and finally the spiritual breakdown that brings him on his knees to face God one-on-one.<\/p>\n

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November 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go For Sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: Variance Films<\/p>\n

Director: John Sayles
\nScreenwriter: John Sayles
\nStarring: Edward James Olmos, Michael Laskin, Hector Elizondo, Isaiah Washington, Mahershala Ali, LisaGay Hamilton, Elizabeth Sung, Yolanda Ross
\nGenre: Drama<\/p>\n

Bernice Stokes and Fontayne Gamble grew up the closest of friends. After high school Bernice got into social services and corrections work, Fontayne just got into trouble. Twenty years later Bernice is assigned as parole officer for Fontayne\u2013 just released from prison and fighting a drug habit. But Bernice\u2019s son Rodney, has gone missing on the Mexican border, his shady partners in hiding or brutally murdered. Fontayne, through a prison girlfriend, enlists Freddy Su\u00e1rez (Olmos), a disgraced, near-blind ex-LAPD detective once known as \u2018the Terminator\u2019, to help them find Rodney. Outlaws on a noble quest, they are lured into a potentially deadly cat-and-mouse game with mysterious Chinese smugglers.<\/p>\n

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November 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Best Man Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: Universal Pictures<\/p>\n

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
\nScreenwriter: Malcolm D. Lee
\nStarring: Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa<\/p>\n

Synopsis: After nearly 15 years apart, Taye Diggs (television’s “Private Practice”), Nia Long (“Soul Food”), Morris Chestnut (“Kick-Ass 2”), Harold Perrineau (“Zero Dark Thirty”), Terrence Howard (“Hustle & Flow”), Sanaa Lathan (“Contagion”), Monica Calhoun (“Love & Basketball”), Melissa De Sousa (“Miss Congeniality”) and Regina Hall (“Scary Movie” franchise) reprise their career-launching roles in “The Best Man Holiday,” the long-awaited next chapter to the film that ushered in a new era of comedy. When the college friends finally reunite over the Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited.<\/p>\n

Lee told Blackfilm.com a while back, \u201cPeople have often asked \u201cWhatever happened to those characters? Did Jordan ever find a man? Does Murch stay with Candy? Do Lance and Mia live happily ever after?\u201d I have never really taken the time to answer those questions. But they keep getting asked and in light of how it is in heavy rotation on cable TV it very well may be a sign that those questions need to be answered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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November 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Nativity<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n

Director: Kasi Lemmons
\nScreenwriter: Kasi Lemmons
\nStarring: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore, Nas, Luke James
\nGenre: Drama, Family, Musical<\/p>\n

Synopsis: \u2018Black Nativity\u2019 tells the story of a teenage boy from Baltimore who is sent by his single mother to Harlem to spend Christmas with the grandparents he\u2019s never met. Through his grandfather\u2019s Christmas Eve sermon, he learns about the importance of faith and family. Hudson will play the mother who hasn\u2019t spoken to her father since they had a falling out after she got pregnant. Bassett and Whitaker will play the boy\u2019s estranged grandparents, Rev. Clarence and Aretha Cobbs. Whitaker is expected to play multiple characters during the Nativity sequence.<\/p>\n

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Oldboy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: FilmDistrict<\/p>\n

Director: Spike Lee
\nScreenwriter: Mark Protosevich
\nStarring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, James Ransone, Samuel L. Jackson
\nGenre: Thriller<\/p>\n

Synopsis: “Oldboy” is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.<\/p>\n

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November 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: The Weinstein Company<\/p>\n

Director: Justin Chadwick
\nScreenwriter: William Nicholson
\nStarring: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Zolani Mkiva, Jamie Bartlett, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Deon Lotz, Terry Pheto<\/p>\n

Synopsis: “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society. Idris Elba (“Prometheus”) stars as Nelson Mandela with Justin Chadwick (“The Other Boleyn Girl”) directing.<\/p>\n

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December 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Distributor: Lionsgate
\nDirector: Tyler Perry
\nScreenwriter: Tyler Perry<\/p>\n

Cast: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford, Alicia Witt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, Lisa Whelchel, and Kathy Najimy<\/p>\n

Synopsis: Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they’ll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.<\/p>\n

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