Woodlawn(2015)

Name: Woodlawn
Director: Andrew Erwin
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Released: Oct 16, 2015
Cast: Nic Bishop

Release Date: Oct 16, 2015

A gifted high-school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.

Release Details

Original Release | Oct 16, 2015 | Wide

Box Office Results

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

When Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, Alabama is controversially desegregated in 1973, Tony Nathan, a gifted Black high-school football player, joins the school's predominantly white football team along with several other Black players. The coach, Tandy Gerelds, tells the team to use their shared anger to unite them, but Black and white players clash on and off the field. After a riot at the school, Gerelds consents to allowing traveling sports chaplain Hank Erwin to speak to the team as a "motivational speaker". Hank's speech moves nearly the entire team to accept Hank's invitation to commit their lives to Jesus Christ, and join together in prayer. Gerelds does not accept the invitation, and is unsure what to make of the event.