Woodlawn, the true story is due to be released in theatres across the US on October 16th 2015.
Woodlawn is based on a true story of how love and unity overcame hate and division in the early 1970s in Birmingham, Ala. USA.
Tony Nathan (Caleb Castille) lands in a powder keg of anger and violence when he joins fellow African-American students at Woodlawn High School after its government-mandated desegregation in 1973. The Woodlawn Colonels football team is a microcosm of the problems at the school and in the city, which erupts in cross burnings and riots, and Coach Tandy Geralds (Nic Bishop) is at a loss to solve these unprecedented challenges with his disciplinarian ways.
It’s only when Hank (Sean Astin), an outsider who has been radically affected by the message of hope and love he experienced at a Christian revival meeting, convinces Coach Geralds to let him speak to the team that something truly remarkable begins to happen. More than 40 players, nearly the entire team, black and white, give their lives over to the “better way” Hank tells them is possible through following Jesus, and the change is so profound in them it affects their coach, their school and their community in ways no one could have imagined.
Woodlawn is directed by the Erwin Brothers, produced by Kevin Downes and distributed by Pure Flix. It stars Jon Voight, Sean Astin, Nic Bishop and Caleb Castille.