The Chi
2018, Series, 60 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 73
Love lives on.
A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.
Directed by Deondray Gossfield, Quincy LeNear Gossfield, Jet Wilkinson, Nancy C. Mejia, Gandja Monteiro, Boma Iluma, Stacy Pascal Gaspard, Darren Grant, Tanya Hamilton, David Rodriguez, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Katrelle N. Kindred, Shanrica Evans, Johnson Cheng, Justin Hillian, Justin Tipping, Rebecca Rodriguez, Samir Rehem, Cierra Glaude, Malakai, Roxann Dawson, Rick Famuyiwa, Zetna Fuentes, Cheryl Dunye, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Carl Seaton, Alonso Alvarez, Samantha Bailey, Kimi Lee, Marvin Lemus, Anthony Shim, Haley Elizabeth Anderson, Hannah Bang, Jewel Coronel, James Rogers III, Yolonda Ross, Robert Townsend, Kelly Yu
Cast
- Jason Mitchell as Brandon Johnson
- Jacob Latimore as Emmett Washington
- Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Ronnie Davis
- Alex R. Hibbert as Kevin Williams
- Michael Epps as Jake Taylor
- Shamon Brown Jr. as Stanley 'Papa' Jackson Jr.
- Birgundi Baker as Kiesha Williams
- Yolonda Ross as Jada Washington
- Hannaha Hall as Tiff
- Luke James as Victor Taylor
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