Movie clip your foot game is everything kicks synopsis. Columbia pictures brad pitt and jonah hill star in the 2011 film moneyball, which focused on the oakland as unorthodox method for. Rent kicks 2016 starring jahking guillory and mahershala ali on dvd and bluray. Soon after he gets his hands on them, theyre stolen by a local hood, causing brandon and his two friends go on a dangerous. Search local showtimes and buy movie tickets before going to the theater on moviefone. Kicks is a 2016 american adventure film directed by justin tipping in his directorial debut, and written by tipping and joshua beirnegolden. He spends the next day basking in the newfound glory of these dream shoes. With stanley doe hunt, koran streets, les aderibigbe, devon libran. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. American comingofage films films set in oakland, california focus features films 2016 directorial debut films adventure film stubs. Kofi siriboe and jahking guillory in kicks 2016 jahking guillory in kicks 2016.
Find showtimes and movie theaters near zip code 94601 or oakland, ca. When you hear of all the blood being spilled in those most violent and godforsaken places of the us you begin to wonder where its all coming from. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the titular shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by a local hood. Ryan coogler, and the new movie kicks, the san francisco bay area is back on the map in a. Tipping grew up in the east bay area of oakland, and understands firsthand the teenage. Kicks is a 2016 american adventure film directed by justin tipping in his directorial debut, and. Most read sneaker blog and most downloaded sneaker app in the world.
Kicks 2016 justin tipping synopsis, characteristics. Showtimes and tickets for oakland, ca 94601 moviefone. Kicks marks the feature directorial debut of justin tipping. Brandon and his two friends go on a dangerous mission through oakland to retrieve them. Find the movies showing at theaters near you and buy movie tickets at fandango. The lousiness does shift as the movie proceeds, offering additional perspective on how much worse things can get. In paying homage to the theatres roots as a movie palace, classic movies are presented on friday nights throughout the year. Find all 25 songs in kicks soundtrack, with scene descriptions. The paramount is home to the oakland ballet company, the oakland symphony, and the oakland speaker series. He has survived by running away from trouble all his life.
Brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh air jordans. Autobiography, a moviegeek sensibility, and cultural reporting on the bay area equally inform 31yearold director justin tippings debut kicks. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. What follows is an epic journey through oakland and the. At first, brandon jahking guillory, a shrimpy teenager living in oakland, laments his mothers inability to pony up for a new pair of sneakersspecifically, a new retro line of air jordans. I do hope that at the end of the movie we can all have a conversation that there is. Another east bay expat is director ryan coogler, whose movie fruitvale station was the reallife story of oakland resident oscar grant, who was fatally shot by a bart police officer on new years day.
The story was initially inspired by the time i was jumped by a group of kids when they noticed i was wearing a pair of brand new nikes when i was 16 in west oakland. But this glory is shortlived when brandon is attacked in a parking lot and the shoes are stolen. Kicks soundtrack music complete song list tunefind. Justin tippings nimble east bay drama kicks is about a lot more. With the help of two of his friends christopher meyer and christopher jordan wallace, he decides to embark on an adventure through innercity oakland to retrieve them. Tipping grew up in the east bay area of oakland, and understands firsthand the teenage cult of sneakers.
Tipping said, i think it was important to set the film in oakland because i dont think you see it very often on the screen. Film director justin tipping is photographed on thursday, aug. Soon after he gets his hands on them, theyre stolen by a local hood, causing brandon and his two friends go on a dangerous mission through oakland to retrieve them. Fifteenyearold brandon longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy. A new independent feature film set and shot in the east bay explores violence, manhood and status sneakers in richmond and west oakland. Jack london square, at the oakland waterfront, becomes a center for free family fun during summer nights. Heres the official track list of the soundtrack of kicks, the upcoming drama movie directed by justin tipping and starring jahking guillory, mahershala ali, kofi. Kicks allowed me to gain some very valuable insights into the mind of a kid growing up in ridgemont, oakland. How grim can a movie get before it starts to feel like a slog. Kicks writerdirector on getting the east bay on the big screen.
Kicks is a film that brilliantly show the struggle of living in the. Kicks is immersed in the world of hiphop influenced culture, marrying the music and pictures in delightful ways. In the movie kicks, brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh air jordans. The onetrack plot does eventually wear on the movies momentum though. Filmisnow movie extras channel gives you the latest and best behind the scenes footage, bloopers, interviews, featurettes, deletedalternate scenes. Kicks soundtrack from 2016, composed by various artists, brian reitzell. A chat with up and coming oakland director justin tipping and the vision for his debut film, kicks. Fifteenyear old brandon ventures into the tough streets of east oakland to get back a. A black 15yearold named brandon jahking guillory finally gets his hands on a coveted pair of air jordan sneakers, only to see them stolen by a local thug. Justin tippings kicks is a cautionary fable thats as much about the hazards.
Oakland minutes after nfl owners approved the raiders move to las vegas, councilman larry reid, angered by the decision, said he wants the team out of coliseum as early as next season. Kick city in oakland kick city 34 international blvd. Justin tippings kicks doesnt seem designed to provoke or answer that question. In the days after his release, we are taken into ds world and follow him as he decides what direction he wants to take his life after being locked up. Kicks film set in east bay tackles violence and sneaker.
The film stars jahking guillory, christopher jordan wallace, christopher meyer, kofi siriboe, mahershala ali and molly shaiken. Soon after he gets his hands on them, theyre stolen by a local hood, causing brandon and his two friends to go on a dangerous mission through oakland to retrieve them. A chat with up and coming oakland director justin tipping. Find kick city in oakland with address, phone number from yahoo us. Licks follows the story of a young man, d, as he returns to his oakland neighborhood after two years served in prison for a botched robbery. The agreeably stylish movie emerging from that experience loves and. Brandon and his two best friends embark on a dangerous and exciting journey where nothing is as. Kicks 2016 vm14 1h 27m awardwinning films a 15yearold boy goes on a dangerous mission through east oakland to retrieve a pair of sneakers that a local gangster stole from him. Kicks director has walked a mile in these jordans sfgate.
Oakland native mahershala ali stars as marlon in kicks. Dont expect any joy in the grim pursuit of kicks a. The square transforms into an outdoor movie theatre every other thursday evening and a huge. Released by back lot music in 2016 containing music from kicks 2016.
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