The U.S. premiere of Marshall will close the festival on Saturday, September 23 at 8:00 p.m. Long
before he sat on the United States Supreme Court or claimed victory in Brown v. Board of
Education, Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) was a young rabble-rousing attorney for the
NAACP. The film marks the true story of his greatest challenge in those early days – a fight he fought
alongside attorney Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a young lawyer with no experience in criminal law: the
case of black chauffeur Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), accused by his white employer, Eleanor
Strubing of sexual assault and attempted murder. Award-winning journalist Tamron Hall will
moderate a Q&A with Boseman, Brown, Gad and Academy Award® nominated director Reginald
Hudlin immediately following the screening of the film.
Huddling will also serve as the ambassador for the 2017 Urbanworld Film Festival. The acclaimed director and producer is a pioneer of the modern black film movement, helming some of the most influential films and TV series of his generation including House Party, Boomerang and “Black Panther.” Most notably, he was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar® as one of the producers of Quentin Tarantino’s Academy Award® and Golden Globe® -winning film Django Unchained, one of the top-grossing Westerns of all time.
Huddling will also serve as the ambassador for the 2017 Urbanworld Film Festival. The acclaimed director and producer is a pioneer of the modern black film movement, helming some of the most influential films and TV series of his generation including House Party, Boomerang and “Black Panther.” Most notably, he was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar® as one of the producers of Quentin Tarantino’s Academy Award® and Golden Globe® -winning film Django Unchained, one of the top-grossing Westerns of all time.
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