{"id":70397,"date":"2014-11-06T07:46:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T07:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/11\/06\/relativity-to-release-octavia-spencers-black-or-white-in-december-for-awards-consideration\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:56:03","slug":"relativity-to-release-octavia-spencers-black-or-white-in-december-for-awards-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/relativity-to-release-octavia-spencers-black-or-white-in-december-for-awards-consideration\/","title":{"rendered":"Relativity To Release Octavia Spencer’s ‘Black or White’ in December For Awards Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relativity To Release Octavia Spencer’s ‘<\/strong>Black or White’ in December For Awards Consideration<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

November 6, 2014<\/p>\n

Source: Comingsoon.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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Relativity will be releasing Mike Binder<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Black Or White<\/strong>, which stars\u00a0Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Anthony Mackie, Mpho Kaoho, and Andre Holland,\u00a0<\/strong>as a one-weeek\u00a0awards-qualifying run on December 3 to make it eligible for the Oscars.
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The film, which recently had its World Premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival,\u00a0will get a platform release on January 23, 2015 with an expansion a week later<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also featured in the film are Bill Burr, Mpho Koaho, Gillian Jacobs, Jennifer Ehle<\/strong>, and Jillian Estell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

An attorney (Kevin Costner) struggling to raise his biracial granddaughter after the deaths of his wife and daughter becomes embroiled in a custody battle with the child\u2019s paternal grandmother (Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer).<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/a><\/p>\n

Having already mourned the death of his daughter, New Orleans attorney Elliot Anderson (Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner) is dealt a staggering blow when his beloved wife is killed in a car crash. Elliot had been raising his biracial granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell) with his wife, and now, in the midst of his terrible grief, he’s blindsided with a custody suit: Eloise’s African-American grandmother, Rowena (Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer), is demanding that Eloise be placed in the care of her father, a reckless drug addict whom Elliot still holds partly responsible for his daughter’s demise.<\/p>\n