''Blackout'' is a 2007 American film about the

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. The film is written and directed by Jerry Lamothe, and it stars

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, Zoe Saldana,

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, and

LaTanya Richardson LaTanya Richardson Jackson ( Richardson; born October 21, 1949) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway productions, before playing supporting roles on television and film. Richardson has appeared in films includi ...

. The film premiered at the 2007 Zurich Film Festival. It debuted on

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on February 1, 2008. It was released to

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on February 4, 2008. The film was also screened at the

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Plot

''Blackout'' is about the events that take place for two days in the summer, when a forgotten Brooklyn neighborhood experiences blackout during the blackout of 2003. It is based on true incidents.

Cast

as Nelson * Zoe Saldana as Claudine *

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as George *

as C.J. *

LaTanya Richardson Jackson LaTanya Richardson Jackson ( Richardson; born October 21, 1949) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in off-Broadway productions, before playing supporting roles on television and film. Richardson has appeared in films includi ...

as Mrs. Thompson *

Saul Rubinek Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on ''Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on ''Frasier'', Lon Cohen on ''A N ...

as Sol * Sean Blakemore as James * Susan Kelechi Watson as Fatima * Jamie Hector as Rasheed * Turron Kofi Alleyne as Khalil * Kisha Batista as Cam * Robert Brickle-Tate as Tyrone *

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as "Toothless Tone" * Lloyd DeLeon as Uniform Cop *

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as Rasheed * Nehal Joshi as Ali * Jerry Lamothe as Rick * Barbara Montgomery as Mrs. Germaine * Khalida Outlaw as Dedra * Sara Pickett as Keisha *

as "Sin" * Omar Scroggins as L' * Johnny Solo as Anthony * Tobias Truvillion as Reggie * Ali A. Wahhab as "Wisdom" * Vernon "Dyverse" Wooten as "Tech" * Yury Yakor as Russian Electronics Store Owner * Marjorie Jean as Marketing Presenter

References

External links

* * 2007 films 2000s English-language films {{US-tv-film-stub