RLJ Entertainment’s Urban Movie Channel (UMC) kicks off Black History Month with the premiere of the Underground Railroad drama, "The North Star," on February 5, 2016. Based on true events, the film chronicles the perilous journey of two slaves, Benjamin "Big Ben" Jones (played by former Philadelphia Eagles’ Jeremiah Trotter) and Moses Hopkins (Thomas C. Bartley, Jr.), who escaped from a Virginia plantation and made their way to freedom in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in 1849.
A directorial debut by Thomas K Philips, the feature film also stars Lynn Whitfield, Clifton Powell, and Keith David.
On February 19, UMC will premiere "Becoming Barack: Evolution of a…
RLJ Entertainment’s Urban Movie Channel (UMC) kicks off Black History Month with the premiere of the Underground Railroad drama, "The North Star," on February 5, 2016. Based on true events, the film chronicles the perilous journey of two slaves, Benjamin "Big Ben" Jones (played by former Philadelphia Eagles’ Jeremiah Trotter) and Moses Hopkins (Thomas C. Bartley, Jr.), who escaped from a Virginia plantation and made their way to freedom in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in 1849.
A directorial debut by Thomas K Philips, the feature film also stars Lynn Whitfield, Clifton Powell, and Keith David.
On February 19, UMC will premiere "Becoming Barack: Evolution of a…
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