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The Banker (2020)

Directed by George Nolfi

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Did you know brothas were owning massive real estate & banks in the 1950's America ? I didn't either. @appleTVplus brings us #TheBanker proving that the narrative for black dreams are alive and well #thecurvycritic #appletvplus

What would you say if I told that in 1950’s America, before the Civil Rights Movement, there were two Black men that owned real estate and banks in predominantly all-white communities?  You would swear the story was the imagination of a Hollywood screenplay writer with an overactive imagination right?  Well, not only is it not the figment of someone’s imagination, but a fierce reality centered…

AFI Fest abruptly cancels Apple’s ‘The Banker’ as closing-night film in unprecedented move

“In a virtually unprecedented development, AFI Fest has been forced to make a last minute switch of their closing night film, The Banker which was scheduled to have its World Premiere in Hollywood Thursday night. Netflix’s Marriage Story, already in theatrical release, has been tapped to take the slot,” Pete Hammond reports for Deadline:

The Banker, which stars Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson,…

Official trailer for Apple Original Film ‘The Banker’ released

The Apple Original Film TheBanker comes to theaters on December 6th.

Apple TV’s YouTube Channel:

Based on a true story, “The Banker” centers on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racially oppressive establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American…

Apple feature film ‘The Banker,’ starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, to close out AFI Fest

The Banker, the Apple feature film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, will close out AFI Fest on November 21st in Hollywood.

Mia Galuppo for The Hollywood Reporter:

Based on a true story, The Bankercenters on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racist establishment of the 1960s by training…

Apple makes big worldwide deal for ‘The Banker’ starring Samuel L. Jackson

Mike Fleming Jr. for Deadline:

In a move that might well put Apple in the awards season conversation, the company has made a big worldwide rights acquisition of The Banker, a fact-based period drama that George Nolfi directed and co-wrote.

Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson play entrepreneurs who tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the 1950s as they turned their business savvy into…