Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Double Play, the latest feature from award-winning filmmaker Ernest Dickerson. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios will release the film, based on Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion’s internationally acclaimed Dutch-language novel Dubbelspel, on digital and VOD platforms on February 22.
Double Play is a drama set against the beauty and bittersweet complexity of Curacao, where poverty and wealth are two sides of the same coin. It follows Ostrik (Dani Dare), who is now a grown man working as a doctor in the Netherlands, as he returns to his childhood home to confront ghosts of his past revealed to him in a mysterious letter. Through his memories, we witness the sometimes-dangerous moves that adults made for the sake of survival in a time of turmoil and colonial unrest during the 1970s.
Double Play is a drama set against the beauty and bittersweet complexity of Curacao, where poverty and wealth are two sides of the same coin. It follows Ostrik (Dani Dare), who is now a grown man working as a doctor in the Netherlands, as he returns to his childhood home to confront ghosts of his past revealed to him in a mysterious letter. Through his memories, we witness the sometimes-dangerous moves that adults made for the sake of survival in a time of turmoil and colonial unrest during the 1970s.
- 2/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Producer Lisa Cortes announced today that La La Anthony has joined the cast of Ernest Dickerson’s "Double Play," which will begin shooting this month in Curacao. The actress adds to a cast that already includes Lennie James, Colin Salmon, Alexander Karim, Isaach De Bankolé and Mustafa Shakir. Louis Gossett Jr., Melanie Liburd, Saycon Sengbloh, Bronson Pinchot and newcomer Dani Dare round out the cast of the drama which is based on Frank Martinus Arion’s internationally acclaimed novel of the same name, considered his magnum opus. Says Cortes, "When I met La La a year ago I saw a strong, passionate talent and introduced her...
- 11/11/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Lennie James, Colin Salmon, Alexander Karim, Isaach De Bankolé and Mustafa Shakir are all attached to star in "Double Play," the upcoming feature film from director Ernest Dickerson, producer Lisa Cortes announced today. Louis Gossett Jr., Melanie Liburd, Saycon Sengbloh, Bronson Pinchot and newcomer Dani Dare round out the cast of the drama which is based on Frank Martinus Arion’s internationally acclaimed novel of the same name, considered his magnum opus. Set in 1973 and 2010, on the Caribbean island of Curacao, "Double Play" tells the story of Ostrik (Salmon) who returns to his childhood home, and the...
- 11/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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