"Gospel Hill"

Country of Origin: USA
Year: 2008
Language: English 
Genre: Drama 
Interest: American Indie 
Running Time: 98 min 
Director: Giancarlo Esposito 
Producer(s): Scott Rosenfelt, Giancarlo Esposito 
Writer(s): Jeff Stacy, Jeffrey Gordon, Terrell Tannen 
Cinematographer: David Tumblety 
Editor: Tina Pacheco 
Cast: Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Julia Stiles,Taylor Kitsch, Nia Long, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Baldwin, Tom Bower

Synopsis

Starring: Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Julia Stiles,Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Baldwin 

In the town of Julia, SC, the residents of the black neighborhood of Gospel Hill are being forced out of their homes to make way for a multimillion-dollar golf course development. Race relations are strained just as they were thirty years before when Paul Malcolm, a black civil rights activist, was assassinated. Dr. Ron Palmer, an influential black community leader who runs the emergency clinic in Gospel Hill, supports the development and is helping to drive people from the homes they have lived in for generations. Paul Malcolm's son John, who withdrew from the community's fight for civil rights after his father's assassination, is still haunted by the painful memory of the murder. Meanwhile, the town's bigoted ex-sheriff, who was responsible for letting the investigation of Paul's murder dissipate with no one charged, is facing his own mortality. Sarah Malcolm, John's wife, takes it upon herself, with the help of her fellow teacher Rosie Griffith, to battle Dr. Palmer and reveal his profiteering to the whole town, exposing him for the greedy man he has become. Gospel Hill's characters' lives intertwine to create a gripping, revealing and dramatic tale touching on issues of race, eminent domain, and the power of the human spirit to overcome the pain and hatred of division.

Director Biography

Giancarlo Esposito has won two Obie Award's for "Zooman and The Sign" at the Negro Ensemble Company and "Distant Fires" at "The Atlantic Theatre Company" where he performs and teaches as a company member. Giancarlo's list of Broadway credits include "Sacrilige", "Seesaw", "Merrily We Roll Along" and,"Lost In The Stars" to name a few. Currently, he is co-starring on Broadway with James Earl Jones, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in Debbie Allen's rendition of the great classic Tennessee Williams play, "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof". Giancarlo distinguished himself in such film's as "The Usual Suspects", "Smoke", Derailed, "The Last Holiday", opposite Queen Latifah, and opposite actors Paul Newman in "Twlight". He received a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in "Fresh" and roles in Spike Lee movies: "Do The Right Thing", "Mo' Better Blues" and "Malcolm X". His film credits include "Ali", "Nothing to Lose", "Bob Roberts", "King of New York" and "Cotton Club". Currently Giancarlo Esaposito can be seen starring opposite Maggie Gyllenhall in the recently released "SherryBaby". His TV work includes "Homicide: Life on The Streets", "Law and Order" and "Kidnapped". Gospel Hill marks Giancarlo's directorial debut.