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Stephan James (Race, Selma, Shots Fired, If Beale Street Could Talk) is Mattie, a talented hockey player selected by a top NHL team, but his plans are jeopardized by his hustling brother (Shamier Anderson - Labyrinth, Wynonna Earp, Shots Fired, Race) and the corrosive racial tension at his school. Sarah Jeffery (Shades of Blue, Wayward Pines) is Jayme, a beautiful but tough young woman of mixed race who must decide which world she belongs in. Based on real events.

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Sales Points

• For fans of Race, Selma, Shots Fired, Wynonna Earp, Shades of Blue.
• The love interest here is Sarah Jeffery, who plays J-Lo's daughter in Shades of Blue.
• If Beale Street Could Talk is the next film from Barry Jenkins (Moonlight).
• Shamier Anderson (Stephan James' real brother) starred with him in Shots Fired and Race, and is featured in the coming Johnny Depp movie Labyrinth. Also Netflix' ongoing Wynonna Earp series.
• Stephan James is the hottest young black actor in the game right now, after starring as Jesse Owens in Race, starring in the Fox series Shots Fired, and with the upcoming If Beale Street Could Talk.
• Did well in its New Release run at Wal-Mart. Needs to go back there.
• 83% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Press Quotes

Race shows us Stephan James could be a movie star. Across the Line mints him as an actor.

     —Now Toronto

Director X, hot video maker for Drake, Rihanna and many others, makes an auspicious directing debut.

     —Toronto Star

***Strong acting and a gritty approach...potent. Recommended.

     —Video Librarian

X's strong visual storytelling skills carry the film home, and herald a promising big-screen career.

     —Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail