Burning Sands
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Burning Sands |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gerard McMurray |
| script | Gerard McMurray, Christine Berg |
| production |
Stephanie Allain , Jason Michael Berman , Reginald Hudlin , Mel Jones |
| music | Kevin Lax |
| camera | Isiah Donté Lee |
| cut | Evan Schrodek |
| occupation | |
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Burning Sands is a film directed by Gerard McMurray and premiered on January 24, 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival .
action
Young African American Zurich is in his freshman year of college and everything seems to be going well in his life. His teachers and university administrators respect him, his wonderful girlfriend loves him, and he is to be accepted into his college's prestigious black fraternity. For this, however, he has to endure a week of hell to prove his suitability. Tough tests are on the program that push Zurich to its limits. When the burden becomes unbearable for him and other things begin to crumble in his life, Zurich is tempted to break the fraternity's code of secrecy and to talk about the violence during the initiation rite.
production
Rod
The director took Gerard McMurray , who is also in collaboration with Christine Berg wrote the screenplay for the film. It acts with Burning Sands to McMurray's directorial debut in a feature film, and Berg was the film debut as a screenwriter. McMurray, who grew up in New Orleans' Seventh District , received a scholarship from Howard University in Washington, DC, where he earned a bachelor's degree in film production. In 2011 McMurray received the African-American Student Filmmaker Award from the Directors Guild of America for his short film Battle Buddy , for which he worked as a director . He then worked as a producer on the film Next Stop: Fruitvale Station , which hit US cinemas in 2013.
Cast and dubbing
Trevor Jackson took on the role of Freshman Zurich in the film. Alfre Woodard plays Professor Hughes and Trevante Rhodes plays Fernander. Rotimi plays Edwin and Octavius J. Johnson Ron. The role of Rochon has been cast with Imani Hakim , and the actress Serayah plays Angel. The actor Steve Harris , made famous by various television series, plays Dean Richardson, Nafessa Williams took on the role of Toya and the actor Mitchell Edwards , who appeared in several films presented at the Sundance Film Festival, plays Stephon. Chiké Okonkwo took on the role of Breyton, and Cuyle Carvin plays Officer Daniels. Malik Bazille plays Dwight, and DeRon Horton took on the role of Square. Actor Deji LaRay can be seen in the film in the role of Big Brother Thad.
In the German dubbing (dialogue script and direction Andreas Hinz) Jan Makino speaks in the lead role Zurich, Andrea Aust speaks Professor Hughes, and Nico Mamone lends Fernander his voice. Dennis Sandmann dubbed Edwin and Patrick Keller Ron.
Film music
The score was composed by Kevin Lax . The American rapper, actor and Oscar winner Common wrote the title song The Cross for the film together with Karriem Riggins , Robert Glasper and Samora Pinderhuges , which he also sang together with the singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas and which also received the final credit -Scene of the film can be heard.
publication
The film premiered on January 24, 2017 as part of the Sundance Film Festival . On March 10, 2017, the film was released online by Netflix .
reception
Reviews
Burning Sands has so far won over 88 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics . Dennis Harvey of Variety says that the occasionally clumsy or clumsy elements didn't affect the film, whose high spirits, talented cast and terribly fascinating material are consistently entertaining, even if it rarely really comes as a surprise.
The film generally reminded critics of the film Goat , which also tells of a week of hell while being accepted into a fraternity. Brian Tallerico thinks that compared to this film, Gerard McMurray's work is more ambitious, and that he also has interesting racist undertones that Goat did not have and that Trevor Jackson in the central role is an excellent actor.
Awards
Black Reel Awards 2018
- Nomination for Best Screenplay ( Christine T. Berg and Gerald McMurray )
- Nomination for Best Independent Film (Gerald McMurray)
- Nomination for Best First Screenplay (Christine T. Berg and Gerald McMurray)
- Nomination as a competition film in the US Dramatic Competition
Web links
- Burning Sands in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Burning Sands in the German dubbing index
- Burning Sands - Official Trailer from Netflix US & Canada on Youtube (Video, English)
- Burning Sands Cast Talk Brotherhood and Hazing with Variety on Youtube (Video, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DGA Announces Winners of 17th Annual Student Filmmakers Awards In: dga.org, November 7, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.sundance.org/projects/burning-sands
- ↑ Netflix's 'Burning Sands' to Feature Original Song by Common In: filmmusicreporter.com, January 21, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2016/12/first-pics-sundance-2017-selection-burning-sands-starring-trevor-jackson/
- ↑ 2017 Sundance Film Festival Printable Film Guide In: sundance.org. Retrieved January 19, 2017 (PDF; 17.8 MB)
- ↑ Burning Sands In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ↑ Dennis Harvey: Sundance Film Review: 'Burning Sands' In: Variety, January 24, 2017.
- ↑ https://teaser-trailer.com/burning-sands-movie/
- ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/sundance-film-festival-2017-movies-stereotypes.html
- ↑ Brian Tallerico: Sundance 2017: 'Band Aid', 'Burning Sands', 'Crown Heights', 'Beach Rats' In: rogerebert.com, January 25, 2017.
- ↑ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards In: blackreelawards.com, December 13, 2017.