Apple has released the official trailer for the drama The Banker [BANKR] based on a true story. Anthony Mackie [AMACK] and Samuel L. Jackson [SLJAC] star as two businessmen who used a white man to front their bank, which they weren't allow to own during the 1960s. Directed by George Nolf, The Banker will first open in theaters on Dec 6th.
“The Banker” centers on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racially oppressive establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Along with Garrett’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), they train a working class white man, Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire – while Garrett and Morris pose as a janitor and a chauffeur. Their success ultimately draws the attention of the federal government, which threatens everything the four have built.