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[02/24/19 - 12:34 PM]
Video: HBO Releases New Footage of 2019 Programming
The "It All Starts Here" promo will premiere tonight prior to the season finale of "True Detective."

[02/22/19 - 11:01 AM]
HBO Films Drama "Native Son," Based on the Classic Novel by Richard Wright, Debuts April 6 on HBO
Directed by first-time director and renowned visual artist Rashid Johnson from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, the drama had its world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival.







NATIVE SON (HBO)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/6/19
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's press release, February 2019) The HBO Films presentation NATIVE SON, based on the classic novel by Richard Wright, will debut SATURDAY, APRIL 6 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO, it was announced today by Len Amato, president, HBO Films. Directed by first-time director and renowned visual artist Rashid Johnson from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks ("Topdog/Underdog"), the drama had its world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival. The film will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners' streaming platforms. NATIVE SON tells the story of Bigger Thomas (Ashton Sanders), a young African-American living in Chicago who is hired as a chauffeur for affluent businessman Will Dalton (Bill Camp, Emmy(R)-nominee for HBO's "The Night Of"). As Thomas enters this seductive new world of money and power - including a precarious relationship with Dalton's daughter, Mary (Margaret Qualley, HBO's "The Leftovers") - he faces unforeseen choices and perilous circumstances that will alter the course of his life forever. The cast also includes Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Elizabeth Marvel, David Alan Grier and Sanaa Lathan.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Ashton Sanders as Bigger Thomas
· Bill Camp as Will Dalton
· David Alan Grier
· Elizabeth Marvel
· KiKi Layne
· Margaret Qualley as Mary
· Nick Robinson
· Sanaa Lathan
CREW INFORMATION:
· Matthew Perniciaro as PROD
· Michael Sherman as PROD
· Rashid Johnson as DIR
· Stephanie Meurer as EP
· Suzan-Lori Parks as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· A24
· Bow and Arrow Entertainment