The 24th

Name: The 24th
Genre: Drama, History
Released: August 21, 2020
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Aja Naomi King, Bashir Salahuddin, Cuyle Carvin, Jim Klock, Lorenzo Yearby

2020

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): August 21, 2020 | NR

Starring: Aja Naomi King, Bashir Salahuddin, Cuyle Carvin, Jim Klock, Lorenzo Yearby, Mo, Mykelti Williamson, Thomas Haden Church, Tosin Morohunfola, Trai Byers

Summary: The 24th tells the incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers. The riot, which lasted two hours, ledThe 24th tells the incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers. The riot, which lasted two hours, led to the death of nine civilians, four policemen and two soldiers and resulted in the largest murder trial in history, which sentenced a total of nineteen men to execution, and forty-one men to life sentences.… Expand

Director: Kevin Willmott

Genre(s): Drama, History

Rating: NR

Runtime: 113 min

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Bill Goodykoontz

Aug 20, 2020

It’s a sobering reminder, during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, how undervalued Black lives have been, and for so long, in this country. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Aug 26, 2020

The 24th is an important reminder of a dark chapter in American history. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Aug 22, 2020

Wilmott’s affecting historical drama “The 24th,” inspired by the Houston riot of 1917, bears both the weight of that history and the filmmaker’s passion for the subject matter. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Aug 20, 2020

Buoyed by a charismatic performance from star and co-screenwriter Trai Byers, The 24th can at times be cumbersomely didactic and formulaic, but it finds plenty of contemporary relevance in a story that should be far more widely known than it is. Read full review

David Fear

Aug 25, 2020

The 24th has its share of unevenness. It also has the blessing, and the curse, of necessity. It’s a story that has to be retold. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Aug 22, 2020

The 24th means well, and while it, sadly, mostly elicits a shrug, what the film lacks in pizzaz it more than makes up for in educational value, for better or worse. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 20, 2020

This stultifyingly earnest movie makes its points with such a heavy hand that its horrors struggle to resonate. Read full review

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