Rock the Paint
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Phil Bertelsen
Douglas Smith
Kevin Phillips
Sam Stone
Jas Anderson
Christopher Innvar
Film Details
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Synopsis
When we first meet Josh, he's just a carefree Indiana farm boy-enjoying life, getting chastised by his widower father for tipping cows and taking joyrides on their landlord's tractor. But Josh's good times soon come to an end when his father's job relocates them from the heartland to the east coast. Josh, his father, and his hip-hop loving younger brother must move in with Josh's grandparents, who for years have owned a home on what is considered the mean streets of Newark, New Jersey. Undergoing the usual transplant hard knocks, Josh and his brother must quickly adapt to inner city life. When some neighborhood locals challenge him to a game of basketball, for example, calling him "white boy," Josh must prove to his black peers that he's got game too. Soon after enrolling in a Catholic high school, Josh is reunited with one of his rivals from the court, Antwon, and the two quickly become friends. Through the game of basketball and a series of dramatic and nearly tragic events, the teen duo take a crash course on race, class, and surviving the pitfalls of urban life.
Director
Phil Bertelsen
Cast
Douglas Smith
Kevin Phillips
Sam Stone
Jas Anderson
Christopher Innvar
John Doman
Kim Brockington
Reginald William Footman
Tom Brennan
Joanna Hartshorne
Janet Sarno
Karen Tsen Lee
Crew
Phil Bertelsen
Allen Boxer
Dallas Mitchell Brennan
Dallas Mitchell Brennan
Bryan Gunnar Cole
Robert Cranny
John R Foster
Zulema Griffin
Georgia Hilton
Wyclef Jean
Max Kalmanowicz
Mike Meador
Parinaz Mogadassi
Anthony Moody
Tommaso Ortino
Joel Posner
P J Posner
Anita K Sharma
Adrienne Stern
Adrienne Stern
Arthur Vincie
Arthur Vincie
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2008
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival April 19-May 1, 2005.
Released in USA on DVD June 10, 2008.
Feature directorial debut for Phil Bertelsen.
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2008
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival April 19-May 1, 2005.)
