Looch
Looch is an American dramedy independent film written and co-directed by Estravious "Trae" Gibson, also in his starring debut role, and starring William Barnes, Derrick Gray, Erasmus Turner, Ashley John, and Zachary Blake. Looch was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia from February 1, 2015, to February 8, 2016. Looch was based on the popular web series Natural Gentlemen, which was seen on YouTube.
Plot
Looch is a film about a successful African-American talent manager, Rodney "Looch" Williams, who is looking to make a huge leap to starting his own TV network. With the odds against him and the pressures of love, friendships, and money, how will Looch reach his goals without losing everything?
The film opens with Looch's close friend, Nick "The Champ" Carter, retiring from the boxing world. Looch was his manager, and Donte Armstrong, also close friends with Looch, was Nick's promoter. The team of three, having seen the highs and lows of the business, ends on a high note of success. Looch plans his next move after Nick retires: to do the impossible—starting up a TV network. The goal is for himself and business partners and close friends Nick and Donte Armstrong to build and plan to start this TV network. The motivation behind starting the TV network comes from Looch's vision to push the culture forward in a positive manner. Since Looch has been in the entertainment industry for so long, he feels this could build a foundation to help motivate and spark the minds of the younger and passionate generation of entertainment and art. Looch prepares himself to take on Vicom, the global king of mass media, who approves who starts a TV network and what content gets aired. Along his journey to starting the network, Looch deals with discovering he has a child from a one-night stand with an old business associate named Jade. Looch also deals with things and people from his past resurfacing. An old childhood friend turned foe, Kilo, who is said to be the street kingpin of Atlanta, watches the legitimate success of Looch and decides to throw a wrench in his plans. Kilo makes a point to cause chaos and become a distraction to Looch and his team. Will he show the growth of a man, or will he fail from a lack of good decision-making?
Production credits
- Directed by Jewel Gist
- Co-directed by Estravious Gibson
- Cinematography by Benjamin Wright / Benjamin Young
- Executive Producer Derrick Gray
- Executive Producer Estravious Gibson
- Executive Producer Benjamin Wright
- Producer William Barnes
- Producer Erasmus Turner
- Editing Estravious Gibson
Cast
- Estravious Gibson as Looch
- Derrick Gray as Donte Armstrong
- William Barnes as Nick "The Champ" Carter
- Erasmus Turner as Kilo
- Ashley John as Jade Ewing
- Hailey Barkley as Hailey
- Zachary Blake as Joseph Hillis
- N'Gai Spaulding as Mr. Black
- Jewel Gist as Mr. White
- Erskine C. Johnson III as Kash
- Navv Greene as J. Carter
- Adam Vann as Paul Fields
- Reedo Brown as Himself
- Colin Decker as Adam Levi
- Adrian Mechelle as Val
- Lamardea "LA" Anderson as Dj Flav
- Arianna LaReina Sidberry as Violent
- Kutura Watson as Trecee
- Jamie Mayfield as Goon
- Terrill Patterson as Goon
- Brandon Battles as Studio engineer
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