{"id":69322,"date":"2014-07-03T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/07\/03\/john-ridleys-jimi-all-is-by-my-side-to-hit-theaters-in-september-2014\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:01:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:01:39","slug":"john-ridleys-jimi-all-is-by-my-side-to-hit-theaters-in-september-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/john-ridleys-jimi-all-is-by-my-side-to-hit-theaters-in-september-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"John Ridley’s ‘Jimi: All Is By My Side’ To Hit Theaters In September 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch Andre Benjamin As Jimi Hendrix In Official Trailer To John Ridley’s ‘Jimi: All Is By My Side’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

July 3, 2014<\/p>\n

\"Jimi<\/a>XLrator Media<\/b> has released the official trailer to Academy Award winner John Ridley<\/strong>\u2018s directorial debut \u201cJimi: All Is By My Side<\/strong>,\u201d the Jimi Hendrix biopic starring Andre Benjamin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After making its U.S. premiere at this year’s SXSW, the film will hit theaters on September 26, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Distributed by Open Road Films and XLrator Media, OutKast\u2019s Andr\u00e9 Benjamin<\/strong> stars as Jimi Hendrix in this revealing biopic. Covering a year in Hendrix\u2019s life from 1966-67 as an unknown backup guitarist playing New York\u2019s Cheetah Club to making his mark in London\u2019s music scene up until his Monterey Pop triumph, the film presents an intimate portrait of the sensitive young musician on the verge of becoming a rock legend. \u201cJimi: All Is By My Side\u201d also features a stand out supporting cast including Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots<\/strong>, and Ruth Negga<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"All<\/a>First shown at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival, \u201cJimi: All Is By My Side\u201d is produced by Darko Entertainment\u2019s Sean McKittrick<\/strong> (\u201cBad Words\u201d), Jeff Culotta<\/strong>, and Danny Bramson<\/strong>, Freeman Films\u2019 Brandon Freeman<\/strong> and Anthony Burns<\/strong>, Subotica\u2019s Tristen Orpen Lynch<\/strong>, and Nigel Thomas<\/strong> of Matador Pictures, with Darko\u2019s Edward H. Hamm, Jr<\/strong>., and John Ridley as executive producers.<\/p>\n

Ridley won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Steve McQueen\u2019s 12 Years a Slave<\/strong>, which also won the Oscar for Best Picture.<\/p>\n

Trailer<\/strong><\/p>\n