Robert Alan Underhill, Aravind Ragupathi | 01:29:45 | United States
MOVIE SCORE 9.5/10!!! “…A RIVETING TRIUMPH ON ALL FRONTS.”
-FILM THREAT
Winner *BEST FEATURE FILM* & OPENING SELECTION at the 10th Longleaf Film Festival, Raleigh, NC
Winner *BEST FEATURE FILM* at the 21st North Carolina Black Film Festival
Winner *BEST FILM* at the 38th Black International Cinema Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Winner *GRAND PRIZE* at the 8th Silicon Beach International Film Festival at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Winner *BEST USE OF MUSIC* at the 13th Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
32nd WHITAKER ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL *MIDWESTERN PREMIERE*, November 2023 – AWARDED the Diane & John Kalishman Sponsorship.
Music by *GRAMMY-AWARD-WINNING* JUSTIN ROBINSON & The Mary Annettes.
BOX BROWN: A Box Marked Freedom is the incredible TRUE story of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved man who mailed himself to freedom in 1849.
BOX BROWN, directed by Rob Underhill and Aravind Ragupathi, shines a spotlight on the brutal conditions of slavery, both physical and emotional, and how one man is willing to risk everything to escape it all…
Mike Wiley “is exceptional… Wiley nails the part [of Henry “Box” Brown] for all 92 minutes.”
-FILM THREAT
Learn about this historic true story here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Box_Brown
Fun fact: In BOX BROWN, Timmy Richardson stars as Henry Brown as a boy; he played a supporting role in @Tyler Perry’s TV show, If Loving You is Wrong for 5 seasons. He landed the Tyler Perry role right after completing his work on Box Brown.
BOX BROWN, directed by Rob Underhill and Aravind Ragupathi, is 10-years in the making with zero budget. From cast and crew to locations and equipment, all work and things were donated to the making of this film. This is an independent filmmaker’s story come true of overcoming all odds to tell this important American story.
BOX BROWN is the new feature film from the makers of DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till, winner of 18 International Best Film Awards; “A TRIUMPH” 4.5/5 Stars -FILM THREAT; “IT’S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING” -Anne Brodie, Monsters & Critics; “BRILLIANT, AN INSPIRING FILM” -Tim Tyson, best-selling author.
The film is based on the one-man-show, One Noble Journey, written and performed by Mike Wiley. Mike also co-wrote BOX BROWN as well as plays Henry “Box” Brown in the film.
BOX BROWN was made possible due to generous donations of use of historic locations, props, costumes by Hope Plantation, Duke Homestead, Historic Playmakers Theatre, and more.
BOX BROWN was made possible due to generous donations of use of historic locations, props, costumes by Hope Plantation, Duke Homestead, Historic Playmakers Theatre, and more.
Cast
Mike Wiley
Timmy Richardson
Brandi Nicole Feemster
W. Scott Parker III
Writers
Mike Wiley
Allen Gies
Rob Underhill
Producers
Rob Underhill
Aravind Ragupathi
Director of Photography
Aravind Ragupathi
Editor
Rob Underhill
Music by
Justin Robinson
