Native Son (2019)

Drama, General Film

Director: Rashid Johnson

Writer(s): Suzan-Lori Parks, Richard Wright (novel)

Starring: Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Elizabeth Marvel, Sanaa Lathan, Ashton Sanders, David Alan Grier, Bill Camp, Barbara Sukowa, Lamar Johnson, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Aaron Moten, Jerod Haynes, Linda D Gaines, Dontez James, Anita Farmer Bergman, Ashleigh Morghan, Bryant Carroll, Ron Haynes, Joe Kurak, Anthony Holland, Alan B. Jones, Tara O. Horvath, Rene’ Perez, Dionnae Maree Ford, Q Hasan, Sean Daniels, Ronald Martin, Jermaine White-Reid, Carlos Gonzalez, Ashley Balas, Billy Montgomery, Michael Faddoul, Sheharah, Brian Andrus, Dominic Cancelliere, Josh Goudy, Spring JoyLynn, Roger PetanKevin Slone, Lloyd Weema, Kelli Nicole Young

Synopsis: The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African-American youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s.

Release Date: April 6, 2019 (USA) | Length: 108 min | Genre: Drama | MPAA Rating: TV-MA

Note: Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2019. Above is the theatrical release date.