Canal Street (film)
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Directed by | Rhyan LaMarr |
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Cinematography | Nicholas M. Puetz |
Edited by | David C. Keith |
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Distributed by | Smith Global Media |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $251,917[1] |
Canal Street is a 2018 American drama thriller film directed by Rhyan LaMarr.[2][3] The film was distributed by Smith Global Media and opened over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.[4] It was filmed in Chicago.[3] Canal Street was screened at the American Black Film Festival.[4] The high school shown at the 17:50 point of the movie is McKinley Tech High School in Washington, DC.
Plot[]
Kholi Styles, a young black teenager, is wrongfully accused of the murder of his white classmate from Winnetka.[3] His father, Jackie Styles, is an up-and-coming lawyer who goes to court to fight for his son's innocence.[4]
Cast[]
- Bryshere Y. Gray as Kholi
- Lance Reddick as Jerry Shaw
- Michael Beach as Ronald Morgan
- Jamie Hector as Pastor Sam Billings
- Mykelti Williamson as Jackie Styles
- Jon Seda as Detective Mike Watts
- Will Yun Lee as Officer Hank Chu
- Harry Lennix as DJ Terrance Palmer
- Mekhi Phifer as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
- Reed Shannon as Joe
- Jacqueline Pinol as China
- William R. Moses as Bill Sudermill
- Nora Dunn as Marge Sudermill
- Tawny Newsome as Kai
- Yancey Arias as DJ Wado
- LaRoyce Hawkins as Amari Crawford
- Kevin Quinn as Brian Sudermill
- Lyric Ross as Tameka
- DeVon Franklin as The Key Note
- Juani Feliz as Zoey Swanson
- Woody McClain as MayMay
References[]
- ^ "Canal Street (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ Phillips, Michael. "'Canal Street' review: A Chicago crime story sells itself short". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Roeper, Richard. "'Canal Street': A Chicago crime story, sharply made, sadly familiar". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ a b c McNary, Dave. "'Canal Street' to Smith Global for January Release (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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Categories:
- 2018 films
- English-language films
- 2018 thriller drama films
- African-American films
- American films
- American thriller drama films
- Films set in Chicago
- Films shot in Chicago
- Films about race and ethnicity
- Films about racism