
101 minutes
6/22/2013
The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.

Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Eugene Brown

Malcolm M. Mays
as Tahime

Kevin Hendricks
as Peanut

Alani iLongwe
as Clifton

LisaGay Hamilton
as Sheila King

Dennis Haysbert
as Searcy
Rachae Amber Thomas
as Katrina

Richard T. Jones
as Perry

Paula Jai Parker
as Gina Sanders
Jaida - Iman Benjamin
as Rhonda

Rickey Brown
as Erik

Pepi Sonuga
as Michelle

Jordan Calloway
as Marco

Lyn Alicia Henderson
as Ms. Gadbaw
Glenn Fontane
as Lucas

Derrick L. McMillon
as Billy West

J.D. Walsh
as Fritz
Hammerton Killick
as Derek
Meakil Bell
as Darius
George Dick
as Jamal
Ketra Long
as Kendall

Chidi Ajufo
as Officer Davison
Thurston Hill
as Hardware Store Man

Paul Tully
as Inmate (uncredited)