Sneaks (2025)
Director: Christopher Jenkins, Rob Edwards Run Time: 94 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2025
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Chloe Bailey, Laurence Fishburne, Martin Lawrence, Sam Jay
Country: United States, India, United Kingdom
Language: English
About the film:
Produced by Columbus natives Leonard Hartman and Gil Cloyd. Sneaks (2025) follows a pair of one-of-a-kind, collector sneakers, Ty (Anthony Mackie), and Maxine (Chloe Bailey), stolen by ‘the Collector’ (Laurence Fishburne). In their attempt to escape, Ty ends up separated from his sister in the middle of NYC. Alone, and desperate to find her, Ty meets with JB (Martin Lawrence), a streetwise, scuffed up sneaker with an affinity for anything shiny, learning that your best life begins when you get out of your box.
About the filmmaker:
Rob Edwards is an American television and feature film screenwriter and producer. His writing includes the Disney animated feature films Treasure Planet and The Princess and the Frog, both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Chris L. Jenkins is an award winning journalist and documentary film producer and writer. Over a 20-year career, he has told stories about social justice, identity and progressive culture, with a focus on race, class and equity. Chris is the producer for Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation (2024) a four-part, Emmy-nominated docuseries on PBS. He is also the producer and writer of the award winning documentary, Trapped: Cash Bail in America streaming on YouTube Originals, and producer of the feature documentary Anthem, currently airing on HULU.
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