Kicks
Kicks is a 2016 American adventure film directed by Justin Tipping in his directorial debut, and written by Tipping and Joshua Beirne-Golden. The film stars Jahking Guillory, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer, Kofi Siriboe, Mahershala Ali and Molly Shaiken. The film was released on September 9, 2016, by Focus World.
Plot
Fifteen-year-old Brandon (Jahking Guillory) longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy, assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone - even his best friends Rico (Christopher Meyer) and Albert (Christopher Jordan Wallace).
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More details
| author | Joshua Beirne-Golden Justin Tipping |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Oakland |
| director | Justin Tipping |
| editor | Dominic LaPerriere Tomas Vengris |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | abandon bad news basketball court beat begin best friend bully candy bar christopher jordan wallace christopher wallace jr. end first date gang member hang out hear knock out kofi siriboe mahershala ali record two girls |
| musicBy | Brian Reitzell |
| producer | Adele Romanski |
| productionCompany | Animal Kingdom Bow and Arrow Entertainment Bystorm Films Hidden Empire Film Group Marlowe Pictures Mott Street Pictures Through Films Unbundled Underground |
| publisher | Focus Features |
| theme | coming-of-age dance |