Halifax filmmaker Cory Bowles’ ‘Black Cop’ acquired by U.S. distributor
Halifax filmmaker Cory Bowles’ first feature — about a black man torn about his role as a police officer — has been picked up for distribution in the U.S., where he says audiences are eager for honest depictions of the modern black experience.
The “Trailer Park Boys” star announced this week that Samuel Goldwyn Films had acquired his film “Black Cop,” and plans are underway to roll out the award-winning movie in America.
Bowles — who wrote and directed the 90-minute, micro-budget movie filmed in Halifax — said the film has already screened in about a dozen U.S. cities on the festival circuit, and won best narrative feature at the St. Louis International Film Festival.
The movie explores the relationship between the public and police and examines racial profiling through the eyes of the title character, played by Toronto actor Ronnie Rowe Jr.