Hundreds of people packed the lobby of the AMC Stones River cinema at Stones River Town Centre recently when the film “AM Radio.” premiered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The film stars Omar Gooding, who received critical acclaim for his role as Sweetpea in John Singleton’s film, “Baby Boy.”
Gooding is best known for appearing in television shows, such as Touched by an Angel, Wild & Crazy Kids, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Smart Guy, and Playmakers, and also the films Ghost Dad and Baby Boy.
ESPN’s Playmakers was the highest-rated show on the network other than its Sunday night NFL and Saturday college football games. Omar Gooding has worked on past projects with Hollywood celebrities such as Tyrese Gibson, Taraji Henson, Beyonce, Snoop Dogg, Idris Elba, Sidney Poitier, John Singleton, Bill Cosby, Ving Rhames, Jason Weaver, Tahj Mowry, Raven-Symone, etc.
AM Radio is written, produced, and directed by the talented Ricky Burchell, a rising African-American director who has forged his own path into filmmaking. AM Radio addresses relevant issues such as loneliness and depression, alcoholism, and suicide afflicting many in society today.
G.B. Thimotheose, Partner & Executive Producer, Kyyba Films and Partner & Executive Producer, Jegal Entertainment, said: “This is an especially timely film as the world slowly comes out of the covid epidemic where people have felt a sense of isolation and hopelessness.”
Synopsis:
The once-famous celebrity disc jockey, DJ Taz, falls hard from his days of fortune and glory to find himself left behind in a world in which he no longer feels that he belongs.
Now employed as a late-night AM radio DJ at his friend, Tony’s, struggling station, the embittered Taz often uses the mic to bemoan the condition of the world he finds himself in.
His anger can easily be evoked to embark on tirades against his callers for being complicit to what he understands as the problems with the world. His outbursts frequently put the station in jeopardy and push his friendship with Tony to the breaking point.
Until one day a beautiful voice on the line simply says, “I understand” and begins to cut through the hard exterior of the radio personality and inspire a new listening audience around the country when their nightly conversations go viral.
AM Radio can be streamed without ads on Vimeo which has more than 200 million users worldwide.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/
AM Radio can also be streamed for free on the Plex app which has over 25 million users: