Wolfe Video has announced that director Ali LeRoi’s time loop drama The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson will be available to own on DVD on May 11, 2021. The film stars Steven Silver as Tunde Johnson, a gay African-American teenager who is trapped in a time loop that forces him to repeatedly relive the day of his fatal, racially motivated shooting by a police officer. The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Spencer Neville, David James Elliott, Sammi Rotibi and Tembi Locke. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. It is currently available on Digital.
Synopsis: The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, written by Stanley Kalu, directed by Ali LeRoi and starring Steven Silver, Spencer Neville and Nicola Peltz, follows a wealthy, Nigerian- American teen who is pulled over by police, shot to death, and immediately awakens – reliving the same day over and over, trapped in a terrifying time loop that forces him to confront difficult truths about his life and himself.
Written four years ago by Nigerian-born Stanley Kalu when he was a student at USC, the screenplay for The Obituary of Tunde Johnson was the winner of 2018 THE LAUNCH: Million Dollar Screenplay Competition co-founded by producers Zachary Green and Jason Shuman, to find the next generation of great screenwriters from around the world. Winning the competition came with a $50,000 education grant, literary representation and the promise his screenplay would be produced as a feature film with a budget of at least $1 million. Kalu was announced the winner on August 8th, 2018 and principal photography started on October 25th, 2018.
This bold, piercing drama had its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019, was one of eight films awarded the prestigious Next Wave designation, opened the Austin Film Festival a month later, and won the Audience Award for the best Debut Narrative Feature at the 2020 L.A. Outfest. Produced by Zachary Green p.g.a., Jason Shuman p.g.a., Chuck Bond and Marni Bond, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson is the directorial feature debut for LeRoi and feature screenplay debut for Kalu.
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