Producer/star David Oyelowo and Writer/Director/Producer Nate Parker announce today their film NEWBORN will be released theatrically on April 10th exclusively at AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and the world.
Produced by Aaron L. Gilbert and Christina Lee Storm, alongside Parker and Oyelowo through his Yoruba Saxon, NEWBORN co-stars Olivia Washington (I’m a Virgo, Breaking) Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile) and Jimmie Fails (The Last Black Man in San Francisco).
NEWBORN follows Chris Newborn (Oyelowo) who after serving seven years in solitary confinement seeks to rebuild his life and reconnect with his family only to find that freedom has become a terrifying psychological battleground.
Through their Mansa studios, Nate Parker and David Oyelowo are partnering with AMC to distribute their latest film, NEWBORN. The collaboration aligns with the AMC-exclusive theatrical distribution model that prioritizes collaboration, transparency, scale, urgency, and national visibility for independently produced films. NEWBORN marks one of AMC’s more ambitious exclusive theatrical engagements to date for an independently produced commercial thriller.
“It was essential to us that audiences experience this emotionally charged, edge-of-your-seat thriller together—on the biggest possible stage, and AMC provides both scale and a dedicated audience.,” says writer/director Parker. Oyelowo explains, “When it came to our distribution goals, AMC truly understood the empowering direct-to-consumer nature of the partnership we were seeking for our film while embracing the non-algorithmic yet immersive experience we wanted the audience to have.”
“NEWBORN is the kind of bold, provocative, and original storytelling that comes alive on the big screen,” said Nikkole Denson-Randolph, Chief Content Officer, AMC Theatres. “We’re proud to be the exclusive exhibitor supporting a release model that prioritizes theatrical.”
Source: Black Film & TV
