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Native Son

A24 | Release Date (Streaming): April 6, 2019

Summary: Bigger “Big” Thomas, a young African American man, lives with his mother and siblings in Chicago. Half-heartedly involved with a girlfriend, he sports green hair and a punk jacket, smokes weed, and carries a pistol—but rebuffs his buddy’s “easy-money” scheme to knock off a corner store. Full of self-determination, Big accepts a job as the chauffeur for wealthy businessman Will Dalton’s family. Moving into their mansion, he begins driving Dalton’s vehemently progressive daughter, Mary. But his involvement in an accidental death places Big on a collision course with the powerful social forces pitted against him. [Sundance]

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Runtime:	104 min
Rating:	TV-MA
Production:	Bow and Arrow Entertainment
Genres:	Drama
Country:	US

Director	Credit
Rashid Johnson	Director

Writer	Credit
Richard Wright	Based On The Novel By
Suzan-Lori Parks	Adaptation

Principal Cast	Credit
Ashleigh Morghan	Jasmine
Ashton Sanders	Bigger Thomas
Barbara Sukowa	Peggy
Bill Camp	Mr. Dalton
David Alan Grier	Marty
Elizabeth Marvel	Mrs. Dalton
Jerod Haynes	Gus
KiKi Layne	Bessie
Lamar Johnson	Jackson
Margaret Qualley	Mary Dalton
Nick Robinson	Jan Erlone
Sanaa Lathan	Trudy Thomas
Stephen Henderson	Mr. Green

Cast	Credit
Aaron Moten	Tony
Anita Farmer Bergman	Concert Attendee
Ashleigh Morghan	Jasmine
Barbara Sukowa	Peggy
Bryant Carroll	Dispatch
Jaedyn Lane	Jasmine
Jerod Haynes	Jack Harding
Joe Kurak	Usher
Judaea Brown	Vera
Lamar Johnson	Gus
Ron Haynes	Bar Patron
Stephen Henderson	Mr. Green
Tara O. Horvath	House Party Guest

Producer	Credit
Alex Ernst	Co-Producer
Duccio Fabbri	Co-Producer
Eric Hollenbeck	Co-Producer
Matthew Libatique	Co-Producer
Matthew Perniciaro	Producer
Michael Sherman	Producer
Stephanie Meurer	Executive Producer