K.J. Yossman Kalu Ikeagwu and Marcy Dolapo Oni have been tapped to star in “It’s the Blackness,” the debut feature from actor turned director Hakeem Kae-Kazim.Ikeagwu (“30 Days”) and Oni (“Diary of a Lagos Girl”) will play Mr and Mrs Baba-Lola in the film.They are joined by Daniel Davids (“Meet the Adebanjos”), Matthew J.
Morrison (“Inexplicables”), Kierath Jandoo (“Dimension Slip”), Scott Haran (“Wizards vs. Aliens”), (“No Place Like Holmes”) and newcomers Isis Clunie and Varun Raj.“It’s the Blackness” is a comedy-drama-romance written by newcomer Dapo Oshiyemi.
It tells the story of two ambitious graduates from an elite university who must navigate institutional and structural racism as they look to build their careers in modern Britain while at the same time still making space in their lives for love and family.
The film, which is currently in pre-production, is set in South London. Shooting is set to start in London this spring under the banner of U.K.
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