Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #39. Andrew Dosunmu’s Ma’ George

#39. Ma’ George

Director: Andrew Dosunmu
Writer: Darci Picoult
Producers:  The Group Entertainment’s Carly Hugo and Matthew Parker(Restless City) along with Parts and Labor’s Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Mosa, a 31 year-old African woman having just arrived in from Africa for her wedding, finds herself in the middle of Brooklyn already engaged to marry fellow African, Lebo. Both struggle to define their relationship in modern terms, and resolve the gaps between African tradition and American life…(more)

Cast: Yaya DaCosta, Isaach De Bankolé and Danai Gurira

List Worthy Reasons…: Dosunmu has been workshopping this project since 2005 (he was invited to the Sundance labs with it) but got delayed (here is our sit-down with the Dosunmu) and then the filmmaker with a photography background and a true knack for capturing city life made the indie budgeted gem Restless City (released on the festival circuit at fests such as Sundance, AFi Fest) and here re-teams with the excellent DP Bradford Young for a project that includes the beautiful Yaya DaCosta and regular Jim Jarmusch contributor, Isaach De Bankolé. We’re banking an intimate, immigrant experience tale that is textured and stylized.

Release Date/Status?: Currently in post-production, look for this to receive a film festival premiere (Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight or Critics’ Week would be smart bets) en route towards a 2013 theatrical release.