7 1/2 Cinema Presents - Son of America
Tanskin Productions

Biography of Olympic bound gymnast Sean Grosvenor, a biracial boy searching for his identity in the midst of racial tension.


10/13/09 - 10/13/09

8p


Son of America is the story of a biracial boy searching for his identity in the midst of racial tension.

Torn between black and white, the boy joins a group of street tumblers, in hope of joining the renowned Jesse White Tumbling Team. A chance encounter leads him to join a gymnastics team, where an Olympic Dream is born.

Questions about race and class present a challenge to the young competitor greater than the pursuit of a Gold medal... the will to survive.

Son of America is set in Chicago, Illinois and is based on real events.

Author
Sean Grosvenor

Director
Raymond A Thomas

Performers
James T Alfred, Eva Loseth, Alexander Galvin, Myles A. Young, Stephen Spencer, Danny Glenn, Robert Miller, Deon Allen, Joshlyn Camille Lomax, Jeremiah Carter, Micah DeJohn Williams, Harold Dennis, The Jesse White Tumblers

Production
MJ Allen, Karon Hamlet, Jody Williams, Jonathon Cohon, Kristina Bell, Sunni Ali Powell, Simone Wilson, Claude Gibson, Gregory Williams, Michael Alan Stein, Shatisha Wilks, Q. Robinson, Felicia Kerr Wilson, Shawn Wallace, Khari Lemuel, Tyris, Gunanr Jebson, Songia Negron Bell, Lusa Sutton, Jason Bonner, Addae Shelby, Jim Andre, Terence Sims, Angela Lanier & Ray Baker

Tags: Film, American, 2009