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Mar 10, 2017 · Burning Sands: Directed by Gerard McMurray. With Trevor Jackson, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton, Alfre Woodard. Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
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- Drama
- Gerard McMurray
- 2017-03-10
Sep 21, 2020 · We speak to the director and cast of Netflix’s Burning Sands about what happened at the end of the movie, and what it’s all about. Featuring stars Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Tosin Cole...
Burning Sands (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Real Events Influenced The Story
- Jackson Is A Rising Star
- Spike Lee’s School Daze Paved The Way
- Woodard Made Everyone Better
- There Was Backlash
- At Least One University Gave Its Blessings
- Jackson Is Ready to Be Upbeat
McMurray drew from real-life hazing deaths at two different HBCUs. In 2011, a drum major at Florida A&M named Robert Champion died after being beaten and hazed on a bus. Two years later, two Virginia State University students — Jauwan Holmes and Marvell Edmonson — drowned during an initiation ritual for an unsanctioned group called Men of Honor. “I...
If you’ve seen season 2 of American Crime, you know the 20-year-old actor has a commanding presence. His ability to captivate is even stronger in Burning Sands, a film that capitalizes on his strengths. Jackson said he chose this project to convey a message. “We rarely see black people in college,” he said. “You don’t see it on the news or social m...
The 1988 comedic drama School Daze, which Lee wrote and directed, follows the hazing rituals of the fictional Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity. But unlike Burning Sands, the musically driven movie portrays hazing as a rite of passage instead of a life-threatening crossroad. “I include step dancing and the Greek brotherhood just like School Daze,” McMurra...
Woodard, an Emmy Award winner whose credits include Captain America: Civil War and Desperate Housewives, brought a level of gravitas to Burning Sands, McMurray and Jackson said. “I was excited but nervous,” McMurray said. “I didn’t know how I would handle a woman of her caliber. But she was very supportive of me as a first-time director. It was a v...
McMurray said fraternity brothers and others have questioned why he’s tackling the topic of hazing because they think it will tarnish the image of black fraternities and sororities. But the filmmaker disputes that. “If you haven’t seen the whole movie, don’t pass judgment,” the New Orleans native said. “There is more to this movie than hazing. The ...
Because two Virginia State University students died while being hazed four years ago, administrators were all too happy to have McMurray use the school’s campus for the movie. “They want people to see it, especially students, and think about the repercussions of hazing,” McMurray said.
The subject matter behind American Crime and Burning Sandsis very heavy. Now that Jackson has proven he can be portray dramatic roles, he’s ready to tackle a comedy or two, he said. “I love having fun,” Jackson said. “Between takes, Gerard would be like, ‘Trevor, calm down.’ I’m always eating and I’m always happy. I feel like that balances me out. ...
Promising student Zurich opens his eyes to some hard truths when his fraternity's violent hazing escalates into a disastrous hell night. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Gerard Mcmurray
- 102 min
Mar 10, 2017 · The familiar story of a fraternity initiation gone awry gets new life thanks to a fresh setting: a predominately black college.
Burning Sands is a 2017 American drama film, directed by Gerard McMurray, from a screenplay by McMurray and Christine Berg. It stars Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton and Trevante Rhodes.
