Event

CRU

GENRE Drama

RUN TIME 90 Minutes

A tight knit group of young high school athletes have a terrible crash after winning the state championship a catastrophe that will shape all their lives. But as adults, some 15 years later, they come together again for a reunion that will open olds wounds, expose long-hidden secrets and pave the road to forgiveness and redemption

Achieving an unprecedented feat (Actor, Screenplay, Director, Audience, AND Best Feature Film awards) at the American Black Film Festival, CRU is a stellar drama focused on four friends divided by their past that desperately need one another to survive their present and make for a better future.

* Grand Jury Prize for Best Director CRU, Directed by Alton Glass, award and $5,000 prize provided by Cadillac

* Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay CRU, written by Alton Glass and Oliver W. Ottley III, award and $5,000 prize presented by the Time Warner Foundation

* Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature CRU, Written by Alton Glass & Oliver W. Ottley III, Directed by Alton Glass, Executive Producer Courtney Triggs, Produced by Danny Green, Alton Glass, Matthew Hatchette and Oliver W. Ottley III, award presented by BET Networks

* Audience Award for Best Film CRU, Written by Alton Glass & Oliver Ottley III, Directed by Alton Glass, Executive Producer Courtney Triggs, Produced by Danny Green, Alton Glass, Matthew Hatchette and Oliver W. Ottley III, award presented by Nielsen

* Grand Jury Prize for Best Actor Keith Robinson for his performance in CRU, award presented by UPTOWN Magazine