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EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired North American distribution authorities to nan play Bull Street, pinch plans for a summertime 2026 release.
Written and directed by Lynn Dow, nan movie is simply a character-driven play group successful a mini South Carolina town.
The film’s ensemble includes Emmy victor and Tony nominee Loretta Devine (Waiting to Exhale), Oscar and Golden Globe victor Amy Madigan (Weapons), newcomer Malynda Hale, Arielle Prepetit (Beyond nan Gates), and Gary Ray Moore (House of Cards).
Bull Street follows LouEster Sadie Gibbs (Hale), a small-town lawyer raised by her formidable grandmother, Mrs. Big-Gal (Devine). When an Ivy League lawyer (Prepetit) challenges nan family’s declare to their longtime location and land, LouEster is pulled into a courtroom conflict that pits privilege against legacy. Presiding complete nan case, Judge Motley (Madigan) must determine whether generations of history are capable to unafraid her birthright.
The movie was produced by Lynn Dow and Wendy Tannock nether their Up The Road Films banner, pinch Buffalo 8 co-founders Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor serving arsenic executive producers.
The movie features an original people by Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley (The Full Monty), and was an charismatic action astatine nan Pan African Film Festival and opened nan 2024 Sarasota Film Festival.
Dow said: “Generational wealthiness isn’t conscionable astir money. It’s astir heritage, land, and identity. It’s astir what we inherit and what we take to conflict for. Bull Street is simply a movie that will resonate pinch each families who are fighting to time off a bequest for nan adjacent generation.”
“With powerhouse performances from a phenomenal female-led cast, including Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan, Bull Street delivers an emotionally resonant communicative of identity, justice, and generational truth. It’s precisely nan benignant of meaningful, audience-driven storytelling we champion astatine Buffalo 8,” added Nikki Stier Justice, Head of Acquisitions astatine Buffalo 8.
