Life of a King (2013)
3.5 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
"Life of a King" is the unlikely true story of Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had - a future. He discovered a multitude of life lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery. After his release and re-entry into the workforce, Eugene developed and founded the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of due to circumstances. From his daring introductory chess lessons to a group of unruly high school students in detention to the development of the Club and the teens’ first local chess competitions, this movie reveals his difficult, inspirational journey and how he changed the lives of a group of teens with no endgame. - Actors:
- Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, LisaGay Hamilton, Thurston Hill, Chidi Ajufo, Jaida-Iman Benjamin, Rickey Eugene Brown, Tarikh M. Brown, Buda, Carlton Byrd, Jim Calloway, Jordan Calloway, Ryan Cargill, Conor Charles, Kevin Chhann, Avi de Turenne, Dennis DeCamp, George Dick, Glenn Fontane, Lauren Franco
- Directors:
- Jake Goldberger
- Writers:
- Jake Goldberger, David Scott
- Genres:
- Drama
