Hurricane Season

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Cast: Forest Whitaker, Taraji P. Henson, Isaiah Washington, Bow Wow, Lil´Wayne, J.B. Smoove, Irma P. Hall, Khleo Thomas, China Anne McClain, Lance E. Nichols, Michael Gaston, Jackie Long, Robbie Jones, Deneen Tyler, Tarra Riggs, Marcus Lyle Brown, Odessa Sykes, Samantha Beaulieu, J. Omar Castro, Cynthia LeBlanc, Victor Hugo Palacios, Anthony Michael Frederick, Elton LeBlanc, Jarod Einsohn, Natasha “Sasha” Angelety, Jalene Mack, Kesha Bullard, Sharon K. London, Mark E. Howell, Maliek Golden, Liann Pattison, Eric D. Hill Jr, Vianca Johnson, Wil Pollard, Ryan Dunston, Antoine Spillers, Jeremy Dean Turner, Lindsey G. Smith, Larry Gamell Jr, Chloe´Lemoine, Marc A. Hess, Kimberly North, Kenneth Brown Jr, Rob Salvador, Elise Kaywood, Antoine Spillers, Jeremy Dean Turner, Kenneth Brown, Chloe´Lemoine, Rob Salvador, Kimberly North. Rest of cast: Alexander Asefa, Barbara Balentine, Dewayne Bateman, Arianne Binnings, Jessica “Jessie” Blake, Stephanie Renee Casso, Stanley Chauvin, Jon Dainty, Dominique DuVernay, Kay Freeman, Geraldine Glenn, Brian Hartley, Rodney Herbert, Topher Jones, Jeremy Evan Kerr, Laurie Lee, Demorian Lizana, John C. McCann, Jay Oliver, Tony Pallo, Lyssa Prine, Scott Schlueter, Sean M. Sellers, Chaz Smith, Terry Lee Smith, Dawna Williams.

Writer: Robert Eisele.

Director: Tim Story.

Producers: Stephanie Allain, Michael Beugg, Raymond Brothers, Lee Cleary, David Gaines, Scott Glassgold, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein.

Original Music: Mark Mancina.

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One year after Katrina, Al Collins (Forest Whitaker), a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles a team of players who had previously attended five different schools before the disaster of hurricane Katrina and leads them on the path to the state championships. Taraji P. Henson, Lil Wayne, Bow Wow and Joshua “Beezy” Byers. The screenplay was written by Robert Eisele and the film was produced by Raymond Brothers and Scott Glassgold. Tulane University’s Fogelman Arena was one of the filming locations. Rampart Community Center’s gym doubled as an evacuation center in Arkansas. The Community Center not only provides after school activities for the community east of the French Quarter in New Orleans, but acts as a volunteer center for those who still provide hurricane relief and rebuilding.