THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON stars Steven Silver (13 Reasons Why) as Tunde, a wealthy, Nigerian-American teenager who is trapped in a time loop that forces him to repeatedly relive the day of his fatal, racially motivated shooting by a police officer. Nicola Peltz (Transformers: Age of Extinction) stars as Marly Meyers, Tunde’s longtime friend, and Spencer Neville (Ozark) as Soren O’Connor, a closeted classmate who is secretly dating both Tunde and Marley in a love triangle. Tackling the social issues of racism, police brutality, LGBTQ acceptance, mental health and addiction, THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON confronts these seminal issues head-on as an artful and sensitive portrayal of a modern American teenager.
Emmy-nominated writer/director Ali LeRoi (The Chris Rock Show) directs from a screenplay written by Nigerian-born Stanley Kalu (One Night in Compton) when he was a student at USC. The screenplay was the winner of 2018 THE LAUNCH: Million Dollar Screenplay Competition co-founded by producers Zachary Green and Jason Shuman, to find the next generation of great screenwriters from around the world. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 and was one of eight films awarded the prestigious Next Wave designation. It also opened the Austin Film Festival the same year, and recently won the Audience Award for the best Debut Narrative Feature at Outfest.
THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON will be released in theaters and on demand by Wolfe Releasing on February 26th, 2021.
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