Black Or White - Trailer

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When a young girl's mother dies in childbirth, she is sent to live with her grandparents. After her grandmother dies in a car accident, Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) takes on the responsibility of raising her by himself. When his granddaughter's African American grandmother Rowena (Octavia Spencer) arrives to tell him that they should share custody, Elliot is reluctant to the point of hostility. Despite his granddaughter having more family living in the South - including her drug-addicted father - Elliot furiously battles for sole custody, stating that his fight is not born of racial hatred, but due to the loss of both his wife and daughter making his granddaughter the only thing he has left in the world.

'Black or White' comes from writer, director and producer Mike Binder. The film saw its premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, with Relativity Media picking up the US distribution rights, and giving the film a limited US release on 3rd December 2014 in order for it to qualify for an Academy Award nomination. The film also made an appearance at the Mill Valley Film Festival, the New Orleans Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival and the Napa Valley Film Festival. 'Black or White' is scheduled for theatrical release on 30th January 2015.