Cinedigm Acquires TUSCALOOSA with Devon Bostick & Stranger Things’ Natalia Dyer
February 07 2020 - 11:54AM
Cinedigm Corp (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today that it has acquired
North American rights to ‘70s coming-of-age tale TUSCALOOSA. Helmed
by veteran music video director
Philip Harder, who
also wrote the screenplay, the film stars
Devon
Bostick (Okja),
Natalia Dyer (“Stranger
Things”),
Marchánt Davis (The Day Shall Come),
Tate Donovan (Rocketman), and Def Jam hip hop
artist
YG (White Boy Rick). TUSCALOOSA premiered
at the Nashville Film Festival in October, and, following
additional festival engagements, Cinedigm will release the picture
in theaters, on digital, and on demand on March 13, 2020.
TUSCALOOSA is based on the sweeping Southern novel by W.
Glasgow Phillips. As racial tension simmers in the
late summer heat, a forbidden love affair ignites between recent
college grad Billy (Bostick) and free-spirited mental patient
Virginia (Dyer). The relationship between Billy and his
psychiatrist father (Donovan) unravels as Billy discovers the truth
behind his father’s involvement in his mother’s mysterious
disappearance and the local police’s racial violence against his
childhood best friend (Davis) and a radical civil rights activist
(YG).
“With its rich visual detail and rural setting, TUSCALOOSA
vividly captures small-town Alabama in the 1970s,” said Yolanda
Macias, Cinedigm’s Executive Vice-President of Acquisitions.
“As the film’s young characters face issues and tensions that still
resonate today, Philip Harder’s beautiful direction further imbues
the film with an edgy, modern vibe through dynamic lensing and the
evocative use of music.”
The film was produced by Patrick Riley. Executive Producers
include Scott Franklin (The Wrestler, Black Swan), Brian & Josh
Etting (Angel of Mine), Jenny Daly, Erik Helgeson, Dan Riley, and
Tate Donovan.
“We were attracted to Cinedigm for its eclectic film library and
proven ability to reach diverse audiences across varied
demographics,” said Patrick Riley. “Their team brings experience
and great energy and ideas for grassroots promotion and social
media tactics, which we believe is the right strategy for
TUSCALOOSA.”
The deal was negotiated by Yolanda Macias and Cynthia Royce for
Cinedigm and Brian Etting, Josh Etting, and Patrick Riley on behalf
of the filmmakers.
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