Sasha Morfaw, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Sufe Bradshaw, Sydelle Noel To Star In RISE

Sasha Morfaw (Black Panther), Jimmy Jean-Louis (Claws, Heroes), Sufe Bradshaw (Veep), Sydelle Noel (GLOW), and Peter Mensah (300) are set to star in the film "Rise," according to Deadline.

From first-time feature director Maritte Go, the dramatic thriller is inspired by the real-life conflict between the Nigerian people and the Boko Haram insurgency, the jihadist REBEL organization responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls and women and enslaving them in the sex trade.

The film follows an eighteen-year-old Nigerian princess (Morfaw) who allows herself to be kidnapped by the Boko Haram in a harrowing attempt to save her younger sister, eventually going head to head against the Boko Haram's most dangerous and calculating leader (Jean-Louis).

Go and Broderick Engelhard co-wrote the film and Eric B. Fleischman of Defiant Studios is producing the project alongside Maurice Fadida of KODIAK Pictures. Executive producers are Mickey Gooch, Jr. and G.D.Guyer of Kodiak, Andre Druskeit of Telepool, and Kewku Mandela.

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