2025-09-09 • 1h 30min
Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age. Ten years before becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar, a young Sidney Poitier arrives to sign a life-changing contract that could make him a star. But there’s a catch. As he becomes entangled in events larger than he imagined, Sidney is forced to make an impossible choice – one that will reshape his future, the Civil Rights Movement, and the soul of a nation. From award-winning writer Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys…), exploring integrity, betrayal, and the personal cost of success, Retrograde asks what would you sacrifice to achieve your dream? Backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo as producer, Amit Sharma’s ‘perfectly pitched production’ (Independent) features Ivanno Jeremiah (Constellations), Stanley Townsend (Kaos) and Oliver Johnstone (Antigone).
The Lost Bus
12 Angry Men
Oppenheimer
Dune
The Godfather
The Last Duel
Pulp Fiction
Sinners
Dune: Part Two
Green Book
Gladiator
Avengers: Endgame
The Shawshank Redemption
Killers of the Flower Moon
Parasite
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
The Matrix
Alien: Romulus
Midsommar
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
