GUN HILL ROAD

Gun Hill Road is writer/director Rashaad Ernesto Green’s( Recent NYU Film School Grand & INDIE WIRE’s Top Ten New Voices in Cinema) first feature. Gun Hill Road was an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic competition and premiered at Sundance 2011 as a Grand Jury Nominee.

After three years in prison, Enrique (Esai Morales, Caprica, NYPD Blue) returns to the Bronx to find his wife (Judy Reyes, Scrubs, Washington Heights) estranged and his teenage son (newcomer Harmony Santana) stumbling towards a transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.

Awards

WINNER - Ashland Independent Film Festival - Best Acting Ensemble
WINNER - XicanIndie Film Festival - Best Film
WINNER - XicanIndie Film Festival - Best Performance (Harmony Santana)
WINNER - Philly QFest - Audience Award - Best Film
WINNER - Outflix 2011 of Memphis - Audience Favorite – Best Domestic Feature
WINNER - Louisville LGBT Film Festival - 2011 Audience Award for Best Feature
WINNER - Dallas QFest - Best Overall Feature
WINNER - IMAGEN Award - Best Film
WINNER - IMAGEN Award - Best Performance (Esai Morales)
WINNER - National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts - Horizon Award

FINALIST - HUMANITAS Award - Best Sundance Film
FINALIST - NALIP Estela Award
NOMINATION - IFP Gotham Awards - Best Breakout Performance (Harmony Santana)
NOMINATION - Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Supporting Actress (Harmony Santana)

2011 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Competition - Grand Jury Nominee
Opening Night Film - 2011 Frameline
Opening Night Film - 2011 Outfest
Closing Night Film - 2011 NewFest

Grants

2010 Tribeca All Access Program
2010 IFP Independent Film Week
Princess Grace Foundation Award
Spike Lee Fellowship
Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fund
Fotokem Post-production Grant
Frameline Finishing Funds Grant
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
JP Morgan / Chase
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
Urban Arts Initiative / New York