He currently stars in the george lucasproduced world war iiset drama, red tails. Celebrity profile check out the latest cuba gooding jr. Its grim at times without being overly scary, and, ultimately, its uplifting. Phil to discuss his new tv movie, firelight, where he portrays a youth correctional counselor who encourages violent and troubled girls, many of whom come from a life of drugs and gangs, to join an elite fir. The other actors in his new tv movie firelight tell mnn how theyre going green. Stars in hallmark hall of fames 2012 production, firelight. This screenplay competition will be judged by people who work everyday in the industry and whom are currently looking for projects to produce. Firelight 2012 darnell martin cast and crew allmovie. Cinema confidential interview january 2002 interview 9 noiembrie 2000 jet interview 11 octombrie 1999 ebony interview june 1997 jam. Firelight hearkens back to the days when networks competed with each other to unleash big movie events. In the movie it is all about his relationship with two of the young women, terry dewanda wise and caroline qorianka kilcher. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters.
He will play dwayne johnson, a counselor at a youth correctional facility in the telepic airing april 22. Cuba is great at showing as the good guy, this role suits him perfectly, it doesnt seem forced, the rest of the girls plays their part too, with impeccable acting. Simpson star filed for divorce from his wife sara kapfer after 22 years of marriage. Four friends on their way to a boxing match get caught in heavy traffic, so they take a shortcut in order to get there faster, unfortunately it leads to them witnessing a murder which. Firelight hallmark hall of fame dvd hallmark hall of. Yakini hornis a sag actress whom has worked alongside cuba gooding jr. Find out more about the cast of the hallmark channel original movie firelight, starring cuba gooding jr. Simple recipes for camping, cabins, and the great outdoors. Dj cuba gooding, jr is a youth counselor in a detention center for girls. What stand out the most about this movie is its kindness toward humanity, the good message that flows through the movie and dont come out forced, incredible so. It told the story of a group of inmates at a facility for female juvenile delinquents who find a new lease on life by becoming volunteer firefighters. Firelight is based on the life of dwayne johnson, known as dj in the film.
Cuba gooding, is a goodwill ambassador to rosarito, baja california, mexico. Firelight could have gone wrong in so many ways, turning nastysexy like sucker punch or preachy like lean on me. The name of the movie comes from the fact that as a means of helping the girls with selfesteem issues has a setup with the local fire department where those, trustworthy enough to be allowed to do so, are able to go out and help fight fires. Ive seen more cuba gooding jr movies than most and here are all ive seen ranked from favorite top to least favorite movie bottom error. A group of young inmates are given the opportunity to turn their lives around by becoming volunteer firefighters. Action thriller teen movie romantic comedy crime thriller crime drama police drama. Firelight is a 2012 english film stars cuba gooding, jr. Isil clashes in iraq isil terrorist under huge firelight by kurdish peshmerga. Naacp image award for outstanding actor in a television movie, miniseries or dramatic special 20, naacp image award for outstanding actor in a television movie, miniseries or dramatic special 2010, camie award 2005 and more awards. Firelight 2012 is a drama movie starring cuba gooding jr. Check all the awards won and nominated for by cuba gooding, jr. Find movie and film cast and crew information for firelight 2012 darnell martin on allmovie. The film was directed by darnell martin and starred cuba gooding jr. Cuba gooding jr firelight hallmark hall of fame red carpet.
He attended school in california, graduated from windward high school in california and is a matriculating student at the tisch school of the arts at new york university. Stars in new movie premiering sunday, april 22 on abc firelight hallmark hall of fame movie when i read the script, i was so moved by what d. Chats about tv movie firelight this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Cuba gooding jr, q orianka kilcher, dewanda wise, darnell martin. His most earlycareer popular appearances were in the comedydrama film jerry maguire, drama film men of honor, the 1991 drama film boyz n the hood. The young women have committed crimes ranging from gangrelated violence to whitecollar, corporate theft, from deadly hitandruns to armed robbery. The incarcerated young women in the center come from troubledoften violentbackgrounds. The oscar winner will play dwayne johnson, nicknamed dj, a counselor at a.
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