Movie
Imperial Dreams
Overview
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-01-20
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Super Crispy Entertainment, Sam Spiegel International Film Lab
- Country
- United States of America, Israel
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Boyega as Bambi
- Glenn Plummer as Uncle Shrimp
- De'Aundre Bonds as Gideon
- Keke Palmer as Samaara
- Sufe Bradshaw as Detective Gill
- Nora Zehetner as Janine
- Rotimi as Wayne
- Todd Louiso as Peter Hall
- Jernard Burks as Cornell
- Maximiliano Hernández as Detective Hernandez
- Anika Noni Rose as Miss Price
- Kellita Smith as Tanya
Crew
- Malik Vitthal - Director
- Malik Vitthal - Writer
- Ismet Prčić - Writer
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