{"id":35361,"date":"2018-04-24T13:10:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T12:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35361"},"modified":"2018-04-24T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T12:19:49","slug":"academy-award-nominee-denzel-washington-in-roman-j-israel-esq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/academy-award-nominee-denzel-washington-in-roman-j-israel-esq\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Award Nominee Denzel Washington In ‘Roman J Israel Esq’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kush Films proudly presented a special screening of ‘Roman J Israel Esq’ at the Regent Street Cinema on the 19th of April. There was also a special panel of guests after the screening and a discussion entitled ‘KIll the Myth: Black Films Do Sell’.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Academy-award winner Denzel Washington stars as ‘Roman J Israel Esq’ in this stunning thriller from director Dan Gilroy (‘Kong: Skull Island’ and ‘Nightcrawler’). <\/span><\/p>\n

Washington dons an afro as he slips into the character of Israel. Set in the under-belly of the Los Angeles court system, Israel is an idealistic defence lawyer whose life is up-ended when a close friend and civil rights activist dies. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cue Colin Farrell (‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’, and ‘Total Recall’) as George Pierce, an ambitious attorney who recruits Israel to his firm. Israel also starts a friendship with a civil rights campaigner played by Carmen Ejogo (also in ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’).<\/span><\/p>\n