Directed by:
Bryan BarberScreenplay:
Bryan BarberCinematography:
Pascal RabaudComposer:
John DebneyCast:
André Benjamin, Macy Gray, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Ving Rhames, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen, Danielle Polanco (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Welcome to Idlewild, Georgia. Welcome to Church. Players gather nightly at the Church, with childhood friends--who grew up on opposite sides of the tracks--Rooster and Percival playing two key roles at the club. Set against the backdrop of this 1930s southern speakeasy, "Idlewild" is story of the loves and ambitions of these two struggling performers, told through intricate musical numbers and vibrantly choreographed dance sequences. Percival is the club's shy piano player and Rooster is the club's showy lead performer and manager. Together, they try to stave off gangsters who want to get their hooks into the place. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![André Benjamin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274529_4524cb.jpg)
André Benjamin
USA
Best movies:
Four Brothers (2005)
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Showing Up (2022)
![Macy Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/421/166421407_d47217.jpg)
Macy Gray
USA
Best movies:
Training Day (2001)
Spider-Man (2002)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
![Paula Patton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276043_80d8b8.jpg)
Paula Patton
USA
Best movies:
Disconnect (2012)
Deja Vu (2006)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
![Terrence Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/408/161408928_a7ef1d.jpg)
Terrence Howard
USA
![Faizon Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269489_84089d.jpg)
Faizon Love
Cuba
Best movies:
The Replacements (2000)
The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)
Life as We Know It (2010)
![Malinda Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517897_2ec48e.jpg)
Malinda Williams
USA
Best movies:
A Day in the Life (2009)
High School High (1996)
Idlewild (2006)
![Ving Rhames](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/097/164097534_213876.jpg)
Ving Rhames
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
![Cicely Tyson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/934/162934044_c96618.jpg)
Cicely Tyson
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Roots (1977) (series)
Ben Vereen
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
All That Jazz (1979)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
Danielle Polanco
USA
Best movies:
Friends with Benefits (2011)
Step Up 3D (2010)
Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
![Paula Jai Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279480_8a3778.jpg)
Paula Jai Parker
USA
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Life of a King (2013)
Jackie Long
USA
Best movies:
Bodied (2017)
Hurricane Season (2009)
Soul Men (2008)
![Bobb'e J. Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533918_97ed25.jpg)
Bobb'e J. Thompson
USA
Best movies:
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl (2015)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Cellular (2004)
![Oscar Dillon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309565_5cb7c7.jpg)
Oscar Dillon
Best movies:
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Perfect Target (1997)
![Stephanie Moseley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633681_ba7e45.jpg)
Stephanie Moseley
Canada
Best movies:
Sparkle (2012)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Idlewild (2006)
Tia Robinson
USA
Best movies:
The Social Network (2010)
Highway (2002)
Idlewild (2006)
Patti LaBelle
USA
Best movies:
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006) (TV movie)
Fire and Rain (1989) (TV movie)
![Afemo Omilami](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218412_4e8d82.jpg)
Afemo Omilami
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Ray (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
![J. Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/225/163225972_d2e37c.jpg)
J. Lee
USA
Best movies:
![Nadine Ellis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/301/163301938_236f69.jpg)
Nadine Ellis
Best movies:
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)