Movie:"The Banker" True story finally being told about 2 BM bankers..

It's finally getting a release from Apple next month some 20 years after the original script was written.


Premieres Nov 21st..



THE BANKER tells the true story of two African American entrepreneurs who seek to thwart the racial limitations of the 1950s..

The incredible story went largely untold until the film was produced, .with. the tone of resulting Congressional hearings on the men being “very much ‘how dare you, how dare you think you can get away with this, we very much don’t want anyone else thinking they can do this"

Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson) recruit a White man, Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult) to pose as the head of their business empire while the two moguls act as a janitor and chauffeur. After making it big in California real estate, the men secretly purchase two banks in Texas in order to provide loans to the black community there. But with success comes the unforeseen risk of exposure and the threat of losing everything...


https://www.indiewire.com/video/the-banker-10-year-development-hell-1202187645/


https://www.blackenterprise.com/samuel-jackson-anthony-mackie-the-banker-black-entrepreneurs/amp/

 

Some folks are going crazy over this film on social media, like its the next great black motion picture. But I feel they are thinking this way because its another story they never heard of leading them to go on rants like "why didn't they teach us this in school" bullshit, as if the story is big enough to warrant that. And there is the ADOS crowd who give it approval because all of the main black actors are African Americans. Whatever. Frankly I would prefer to see a rising black talent from outside of American playing Jackson's part. Jackson is mostly lazy and tends to play himself. What I see of him in this trailer doesn't persuade me he'll bring anything fresh or exciting to the role That said I was surprised the trailer finally dropped. Didn't think we would see the trailer until 2020.

 

I agree with you on Samuel L. .Jackson So many incredible black actors out there, you really nailed his acting style, which is to play himself rather than the character. I just had the feeling that the character he plays didn't have that type of personality, I wonder if he researched the guy, spoke to his family members, etc.

It's a good thing it's being told though.. especially the part about them appearing before Congress? If I'm reading the article correctly.