The Banker (2020)

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The Banker is American drama movie directed produced by George Nolfi who released on March 6, 2020 (United States). Driven by real events, this film tells the story of Black businessmen Bernard Garrett played by Anthony Mackie and Joe Morris played by Samuel L. Jackson developing a business plan in Los Angeles in the 1960s to fight for housing discrimination and equal access to the American Dream for African Americans and it was Apple’s first original movie. It also starring

  • Anthony Mackie as Bernard Garrett
  • Nicholas Hoult as Matt Steiner
  • Samuel L. Jackson as Joe Morris
  • Nia Long as Eunice Garrett
  • Scott Daniel Johnson as Robert Florance, Jr.

Plot

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Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) grew up with ambitions that the world around him was constantly trying to flatten. As a black teenager growing up in late-1930s Texas, he was made aware that expectations and opportunities were limited but refused to accept the idea that his life would be one of servitude. Then he tries to get into real estate in 1954, but faces a lot of racism. He gets to be his co-investor, rich club owner Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), and together they get Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult) to pose as them in meetings to make sales smoother because he's a white man. Eventually, in Los Angeles real estate, they would become hugely successful. In order to offer loans to black people to start businesses and purchase houses, Bernard wants to buy a new bank in his old Texas hometown. Matt does the work, and finally calls for a second bank to expand.

Eventually, they are disturbed by Matt's lack of banking expertise, and they are both taken up on federal charges. Bernard strongly testifies against the same potential for upward mobility being provided to black people. He and Joe serve time in jail, and when they are released, go to the few properties they have left in the Bahamas to restore with Bernard's wife, Eunice, (Nia Long).[1]

Pros

Samuel L Jackson and Anthony Mackie in The Banker.

Black characters have been relegated to period films that position them as subservient, trapped playing maids and slaves, but not in The Banker. In this movie, a black businessmen character is seen facing racism and how this movie tells about equality. [2]

The Banker exposes America's history of inequality and discriminatory banking policies. The movie can be an inspiration for those facing difficult times, with limited action and sex scenes.[3]

"This film tells a powerful story about equality, human dignity, and desegregation"[4]

It also shows African-American entrepreneurs can reach their goal too and at the same time, of breaking the color line, making it possible for black citizens to move into formerly all-white neighborhoods.[5]

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