The Breaks
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Seith Mann
Method Man
Kelly Miller
Wood Harris
J Bernard Calloway
Deantre Williams
Film Details
Synopsis
Centers around Nikki Jones, a brilliant recent grad who abandoned a scholarship to law school to pursue her dream of becoming a record exec. Her boyfriend, David Aaron, is the scrappy son of a legendary music producer who is unwilling to rest on his father's laurels and notorious reputation. DeeVee is an aspiring producer on the hunt to find the next big rapper on the come-up. Nikki fast talks her way into an internship at the premier hip-hop company, Fouray Entertainment, and catches the eye of the label's infamous founder, while David struggles at the city's top R&B radio station whose celebrity DJ refuses to program real hip-hop. Meanwhile, DeeVee returns to his roots in the Fort Greene projects to scout for talent and runs into Ahm, a drug dealer with a lyrical gift whose talent could bring them all to the next level. But they will soon discover lives can be broken as fast as legends can be born.
Director
Seith Mann
Cast
Method Man
Kelly Miller
Wood Harris
J Bernard Calloway
Deantre Williams
Tristan Wilds
Marcus Callendar
Margo Kazaryan
Sean Ringgold
Chris Myers
Antoine Harris
De'adre Aziza
Ambre Anderson
Jonelle Graham
Afton Williamson
William Jackson Harper
Ed Moran
Sandra Trujillo
Russell Hornsby
Dean Acree
David Call
Leopold Manswell
Kather Sei
Daisha Graf
Annalaina Marks
Evan Handler
Ramon Aleman
Crew
Teaguen Andreas
Evans Brown
Dan Charnas
Dan Charnas
Dan Charnas
John Chimples
Bill Flanagan
Keri Flint
Gary Giudice
Gary Giudice
Darren Goldberg
Alex Hall
Allison Jackson
Arthur Jongewaard
Christine Kromer
Susan Levinson Bixby
Sophia Lin
Maggie Malina
Seith Mann
Seith Mann
Seith Mann
David Mcelfresh
Judy Rhee
David Santana
Ciera C. Wells
Leo Won
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States January 4, 2016
Based on the book, "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop," written by Dan Charnas and published by New American Library (NAL) on December 7, 2010.
Planned as a possible backdoor pilot for a series once the project airs as a TV movie. (1/7/2015)
