TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT TALKS WITH ALDIS HODGE, SHERRI SHEPHERD AT THE LONG BEACH PREMIERE OF "BRIAN BANKS"

The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams of playing in the NFL.

Starring: Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, Sherri Shepherd, Melanie Liburd

Directed by: Tom Shadyac

 Written by: Doug Atchison

Produced by: Amy Baer, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson