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Mar 20, 2020 · Motivated to break through the housing market, redlining policies and discrimination, Bernard Garrett ( Anthony Mackie) builds on his childhood interests in markets to start his own business in Los Angeles with his wife, Eunice ( Nia Long ), and their son.
Mar 4, 2020 · Popular on Variety. “The Banker,” if you look at it through one lens, is a Civil Rights drama, and a highly original one, since it focuses on men who have the audacity to dream big — not...
The Banker unfolds the history of American inequality and racist banking practices. Bernard and Matt, both visionaries, seem to be ahead of their time. Full Review | Apr 11, 2020
Mar 4, 2020 · For a film about the struggles of a black man in America, “The Banker” spends an awful lot of time on a false white front. The Banker Rated PG-13 for institutional racism.
- George Nolfi
Mar 20, 2020 · The Banker: Directed by George Nolfi. With Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long. In the 1960s, two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur.
The film effectively revives Garrett's inspiring story for a modern audience, turning it into an important piece of American history that won't soon be forgotten. In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
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