"Your future's worth fighting for."

2024

2h 0m

6.9(89 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jay Will

Robert DeShaun Peace

Mary J. Blige

Jackie Peace

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas

Camila Cabello

Naya

Michael Kelly

Edwin Leahy

Mare Winningham

Professor Durham

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Carl

Juan Castano

Oswaldo Gutierrez

Lori Hammel

Jury Foreperson

Benjamin Papac

Jeff Hobbs

Creative team

Directed by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Written by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Produced by: Jeffrey Soros
Antoine Fuqua

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