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After premiering at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Rashaad Ernesto Green's debut Film, 'Gun Hill Road,' has landed a distribution deal, states Deadline.com.
Motion Film Group has paid low seven-figures for worldwide sales and distribution rights. The plan is for a summer theatrical release and to sell offshore rights at Cannes.
The coming of age drama is set in the Bronx and stars Esai Morales, Judy Reyes, Harmony Santana, Vanessa Aspillaga and Isiah Whitlock.
Morales plays a macho ex-con who returns to the Bronx after his latest prison stretch. He discovers the world has knew has turned upside down while he was gone. His wife (Reyes) tries to hide an emotional affair, and his teen son is exploring a sexual transformation beyond his father's grasp. It's time for the ex-con to take some responsibility and become a parent.