The movie centers on four teenage boys who attempt to break free from “the streets of Cleveland” by becoming professional skateboarders.
“But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last,” reads the synopsis.
The Wire’s Michael Kenneth Williams, Machine Gun Kelly and Erykah Badu are among the film’s large ensemble cast.
At Sundance, The Land will appear as part of the “NEXT” program, an out-of-competition slate of films distinguished by an “innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling.” They are billed as films that will help shape the “NEXT” wave of American cinema.
Caple Jr., a 2010 Baldwin-Wallace alum, now makes his home in Los Angeles. He has directed multiple short films and a TV project before, but The Land is his feature debut.
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2015.
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There’s an entire article on Cleveland native Ezri Walker that covers some of his journey to date including his first main acting roll in ‘The Land’. Why is he not even mentioned in this article?!
What about the other Cleveland talent that will be in the film?