The Banker
Release date: December 6, 2019
Studio: Apple TV+
Director: George Nolfi
MPAA Rating: N/A
Screenwriters: George Nolfi , Niceole Levy
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long
Plot Summary: "The Banker" is a drama based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who during the 1950’s tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era and take on the establishment by recruiting a working class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult) and training him to pose as the head of their business empire while they posed as a janitor and a chauffeur. Bernard’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), plays a key role in setting up the enterprise. Garrett and Morris become two of the wealthiest and most successful real estate owners in the country with Steiner as their front man, but their success brings about unforeseen risk of exposure that threatens everything.
Release date: December 6, 2019
Studio: Apple TV+
Director: George Nolfi
MPAA Rating: N/A
Screenwriters: George Nolfi , Niceole Levy
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long
Plot Summary: "The Banker" is a drama based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who during the 1950’s tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era and take on the establishment by recruiting a working class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult) and training him to pose as the head of their business empire while they posed as a janitor and a chauffeur. Bernard’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), plays a key role in setting up the enterprise. Garrett and Morris become two of the wealthiest and most successful real estate owners in the country with Steiner as their front man, but their success brings about unforeseen risk of exposure that threatens everything.
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