The official trailer for the upcoming music comedy-drama titled Praise This has been launched, starring Grammy nominee Chloe Bailey. The film will likely be obtainable for streaming on April 7, completely on Peacock.
The video options Bailey’s Sam as she unwillingly joins her cousin’s youth choir group, who is taken into account the weakest crew. She helps them attain their full potential, whereas seizing the chance to realize her desires of turning into a music celebrity.
Praise This is directed by Tina Gordon (Drumline, What Men Want) from a screenplay written by Gordon, Brandon Broussard & Hudson Obayuwana & Jana Savage. The movie stars Chloe Bailey (Grown-ish), Anjelika Washington (DC’s Stargirl), Philip Fornah (Better Call Saul), comic Druski (House Party), hip hop sensation Quavo (Atlanta), Tristan Mack Wilds (The Wire), Birgundi Baker (The Chi), Loren Lott (Tag), Kiara Iman Heffner (Resentment), newcomer Ilario Grant, Crystal Hayslett (Sistas), Cocoa Brown (9-1-1), Vanessa Fraction (Barbershop 2: Back in Business) and gospel stars Jekalyn Carr and Koryn Hawthorne.
“The film follows aspiring musical superstar Sam, a young woman driven, at almost any cost, to break into the music business,” reads the synopsis. “So, when her father, worried that Sam is associating with a dangerous crowd, moves them from Los Angeles to Atlanta to live with Sam’s sunny cousin, Jess, Sam is …not happy. But when Sam is forced to join her cousin’s struggling, underdog praise team in the lead-up to a national championship competition, she sees an opportunity to finally make her dreams come true. What she discovers, though, is that ambition can command a high price and that praise is not about glory, but gratitude.”
Praise This is government produced by Preston Holmes (Till, Night School) and Johanna Byer for Will Packer Productions. Producers are Will Packer, Tim Story, Sharla Sumpter Bridgett, and James Lopez.
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