''High Chicago'' (also released as ''A Family Man'') is a 2011 drama film.
[ Director ]Alfons Adetuyi Alfons Adetuyi is a Canadian film and television director and producer."Greater Sudbury's cinematic family". ''Sudbury Star
''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media compan ...
and his brother, screenwriter Robert Adetuyi
Robert Adetuyi is a Canadian screenwriter and film director who works in Hollywood. Born in Sudbury, Ontario,"Interview with Robert Adetuyi", ''Sudbury Star'', January 24, 2007. Adetuyi is a graduate of York University, where he studied communicat ...
, used locations in their home town of Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
, Ontario
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when making the film.[ It had its Toronto premier at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival in April 2012.][ In an interview in Shadow and Act magazine Adetuyi revealed that his film about a father with a dream was based on one of his own father's dreams. His father had dreamed of opening a North American style ]drive-in movie theatre
A drive-in theater or drive-in cinema is a form of movie theater, cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers ...
in Africa.
The film was Adetuyi's first feature film, although he and his brothers had run a film production company, Inner City Films, for over a decade.[
Angelo Muredda praised the film for an absence of the mistakes beginning directors usually make on their debut feature films.
Adetuyi told the '']Sudbury Star
''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media company, Postmedia. It is the largest daily paper in Northeastern Ontario by circulation.
History
The ''Sudbury Star'' began as ...
'' shortly after the release of ''High Chicago'' that he planned to return to Sudbury to shoot a second film, as he saw ''High Chicago'' as the first in an "African trilogy".[
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Plot
Colin Salmon
Colin Salmon (born ) is a British actor. He is known for playing Charles Robinson in three James Bond films and James "One" Shade in the ''Resident Evil'' film series. He has had roles on many television series such as ''Doctor Who'', ''Merli ...
stars as Sam, a hard-drinking father of three, ex-Navy man, ex-miner, and soon to be ex-husband. Sam takes to gambling to bankroll his crazy plan to open a drive-in theatre in Africa. Equally desperate to support his family and keep his dream alive, we watch as Sam’s life spirals out of control in a showdown with a deadly Detroit card shark.
Festivals
*Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2012
*Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival, 2012
*Boston Roxbury International Film Festival, 2012
*Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Editing - Feature Length Dramatic"
*ReelWorld Film Festival, 2012 - Awards - "Outstanding Canadian Feature" and "Audience Choice Award"
*African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), 2012 - Nomination - "Best Diaspora Feature"
*Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Director First Feature"
*Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, also known as Cinéfest and Cinéfest Sudbury is an annual film festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada,"Cinefest provides cultural landmark". ''Sudbury Star'', September 16, 1999. held over nine ...
, 2011
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 1712178
2011 films
Films shot in Greater Sudbury
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Alfons Adetuyi
2010s Canadian films