Gospel Hill

Gospel Hill is a 2008 American independent drama film directed and produced by Giancarlo Esposito (in his directorial debut) and written by Jeff Stacy, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, and Terrell Tannen. Esposito also stars alongside Adam Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Tom Bower, Danny Glover, Taylor Kitsch, Nia Long, RZA, and Julia Stiles. The film premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival on October 3, 2008, was released on DVD in the United States on February 10, 2009.

Gospel Hill
DVD cover
Directed byGiancarlo Esposito
Screenplay by
  • Jeff Stacy
  • Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
  • Terrell Tannen
Story by
  • Jeff Stacy
  • Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
Produced by
  • Giancarlo Esposito
  • Cerise Hallam-Larkin
  • Emerson Machtus
  • Freddy Braidy
  • Scott M. Rosenfelt
  • B. Billie Greif
Starring
CinematographyDavid Tumblety
Edited byTina Pacheco
Music byScott Bomar
Production
companies
  • Future Films
  • Full Glass Films
  • Premiere Picture
  • Quiet Hand Productions
  • Deco Entertainment
Distributed byArtMattan Productions
Release dates
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist Paul Malcolm (Samuel L. Jackson). Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the white former sheriff who never officially solved the murder. Their paths begin to cross when a development corporation comes to town with plans to raze Julia's historic African-American community of Gospel Hill, now fallen into disrepair, to build a golf course. John Malcolm's wife Sarah (Angela Bassett), a schoolteacher, seems alone in her opposition to the project, which is being endorsed by Gospel Hill's prominent African-American physician, Dr. Palmer (Esposito). Meanwhile, a young white teacher (Julia Stiles) comes to town and falls for a handsome young landscaper (Taylor Kitsch), whose business is booming thanks to Dr. Palmer's patronage.

Cast

References
  1. Casey, Eileen (October 16, 2008). "The HIFF Premieres "Gospel Hill" Directed By Giancarlo Esposito". Hamptons.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.


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