{"id":78842,"date":"2017-03-10T01:53:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/03\/10\/new-photos-netflixs-burning-sands\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:31:31","slug":"new-photos-netflixs-burning-sands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/new-photos-netflixs-burning-sands\/","title":{"rendered":"New Photos To Netflix’s Burning Sands"},"content":{"rendered":"

New\u00a0Photos To Netflix’s Burning Sands <\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 10, 2017<\/p>\n

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Netflix has released new photosto the frat film ‘Burning Sands,’<\/strong>\u00a0which will\u00a0be available on its platform and\u00a0in more than 190 countries starting March 10, 2017.<\/p>\n

Directed by Gerard McMurray<\/strong> from a script written by Christine Berg<\/strong> & Gerard McMurray, the film stars Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton, Trevante Rhodes, Christian Robinson, Rotimi, Octavius Johnson, Malik Bazille, Mitchell Edwards, Imani A. Hakim, Serayah<\/strong>,\u00a0and Nafessa Williams. <\/strong>The film had its World Premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n

A student enduring harsh hazing while he pledges a fraternity at an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) is torn by the physical and emotional mistreatment he receives from his peers, the hazing’s historical implications, and its questionable place in the modern world.<\/p>\n

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In his freshman year of college, it seems Zurich has everything going for him; he has the respect of his teachers and university administration, the love and devotion of a wonderful girlfriend, and he\u2019s been selected for admission to a prestigious Black fraternity on campus. But as Zurich embarks on the Hell Week of pledging his fraternity, the harsh trials of entry into brotherhood begin to test the limits of his self-worth.<\/p>\n

As the intensifying abuse begins to become untenable, Zurich struggles to honor the fraternity\u2019s code of silence, and the scaffolding of his life outside the frat begins to dismantle.\u00a0\u00a0Burning Sands\u00a0<\/strong>constructs a deeply complex cross section of the fabled fraternity hazing culture and the vicious power of the desire for acceptance<\/p>\n

The film was produced by Stephanie Allain, Jason Michael Berman, Reginald Hudlin<\/strong>, and Mel Jones<\/strong>. Executive Produced by Caroline Connor.<\/p>\n