PREVIEW: Sneakerella (PG TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Chosen Jacobs (It), Lexi Underwood (If Not Now, When?), John Salley (Nappily Ever After), Yvonne Senat Jones (Helen Keller Has a Pitbull), Devyn Nekoda (Isabelle Dance Into the Spotlight), Juan Chioran (Finn on the Fly), Robyn Alomar (Riot Girls), Bryan Terrell Clark (Heaven Is For Real), Kolton Stewart (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2), Hayward Leach (film debut), Elia Press (film debut), Andrew Ward (film debut), William Crockett (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Aquamarine), director; Tamara Chestna (Moxie), George Gore II (film debut), David Light (film debut), Joseph Raso (Awake) and Mindy Stern (film debut), writers; Christopher Scott (All Styles), producer; Elvin Ross (Diary of a Mad Black Woman), composer; Matt Sakatani Roe (Lone), cinematographer; Ishai Setton (Artifact), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

El (Jacobs), a young aspiring sneaker designer living in Queens, falls in love with Kira King (Underwood), the daughter of basketball and sneaker mogul Darius King (Salley). With the help of his best friend Sami (Nekoda) and his Fairy Godmother, El works up the confidence to follow his dreams and woo his dream girl…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The classic story of Cinderella is given a radical do-over with this gender-swapped, sneaker-centric coming-of-age tale which, miraculously, still contains the magic of the original version.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

 

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