''Runaway Island'' is a 2015 romantic drama film directed by

Dianne Houston Dianne Houston is an African-American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is the first, and thus far only, African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for work she directed. Early life Dianne Houston was born on Ju ...

, written by Christopher Brandt, and starring

Lorraine Toussaint Lorraine Toussaint () is a Trinidadian-American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Toussaint began her career in theatre before ...

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and Thomas Q. Jones. It tells the story of senator's widow Naomi Holloway (played by Toussaint), who comes to risk a second chance at love with a younger man. ''Runaway Island'' was filmed during spring of 2015. It premiered at the American Black Film Festival in June, 2015.

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as Naomi Holloway *

as Lara Cook-Nordholm * Thomas Q. Jones as Raphael Burrows *

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as Vonda Hines * A. Russell Andrews as Rev. Clinton Hines *

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as Evan Holloway * Tom Wright as Raymond Tepper *

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as Kira Geoffries

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* {{IMDb title, 4624938, Runaway Island 2015 films American romantic drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films

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