Changing the Game (film)

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Changing the Game
Changing the Game Film DVD box.jpeg
Directed by Rel Dowdell
Written byRel Dowdell
Aaron R. Astillero
Produced byThomas L. Webster
Alain Silver
Karen L. Isaac
StarringSean Riggs
Irma P. Hall
Dennis L.A. White
Brandon Ruckdashel
Mari White
Suzzanne Douglas
Sticky Fingaz
Tony Todd
CinematographyBob Demers
Edited byNicholas Schwartz
Music byCharles Gregory Washington
Distributed byBarnholtz Entertainment / Lionsgate
Release date
  • May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11)
Running time
103 Minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Changing the Game is a 2012 dramatic film starring Sean Riggs, Tony Todd, Raw Leiba, Sticky Fingaz, Brandon Ruckdashel and Irma P. Hall and directed by Rel Dowdell. [1] [2] The film opened theatrically by AMC Theatres in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, DC, Atlanta and was cited by the noted website FilmFresh.com as one of the top three African-American films of 2012. [3] The film recently premiered on May 15, 2014 on cable channel BET as the "Movie of the Week." [4]

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Plot

Darrel (Riggs) is a supremely intelligent African-American man who rises from the tough streets of Philadelphia to the world of high finance on Wall Street. He soon learns the white-collar world is filled with as much crime as the drug-filled hood he left behind.

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References

  1. "'Changing the Game' filmed in Philadelphia". Philly.com. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  2. — 10 May 2012 (2012-05-10). "Interview: Changing The Game's Tony Todd". Cinedelphia. Retrieved 2012-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Top Three African-American Films of 2012 So Far | Film Fresh".
  4. "Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos". BET . Archived from the original on May 19, 2014.