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| director = Jean-Claude La Marre

| producer = Robert Aaronson
Jessie L. Levostre
Michael Mendelsohn
Melanie Levostre
Eurika Pratts
Jim Steele

| writer = Jean-Claude La Marre

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| music =

| cinematography = Vladimir Van Maule

| editing = Yvan Gauthier

| studio = Nu-Lite Entertainment
Patriot Pictures

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| country = United States

| language = English

| gross = $212,662

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'Chocolate City' is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed and written by filmmaker Jean-Claude La Marre. The film stars Robert Ri'chard, Michael Jai White, Carmen Electra and Vivica A. Fox. The plot is about the life for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whirl. This film was shot in Inglewood, California and was released in a limited release and through video on demand outlets on May 22, 2015.

A 2017 sequel named 'Chocolate City: Vegas Strip' is available on Netflix.

Synopsis



Michael (Robert Ri'chard) a college student takes a job as an exotic dancer to make ends meet, and as the money rolls in, he has to deal with the attention of the female club goers while hiding his job from his mother (Vivica A. Fox) and girlfriend (Imani Hakim).

Cast



* Robert Ri'chard as Michael McCoy

* Vivica Fox as Katherine McCoy

* DeRay Davis as Chris McCoy

* Michael Jai White as Princeton

* Tyson Beckford as Adrian "Rude Boy"

* Darrin Dewitt Henson as Magnus

* Jean-Claude La Marre as Pastor Jones

* Ginuwine as Pharaoh

* Ernest Thomas as Diner Manager

* Carmen Electra as DJ

* Eurika Pratts as DeDe

* Andrea Kelly as Dance Instructor

* Xavier Declie as Professor Lyons

* Michael Bolwaire as Bolo

* Gibert Salvidar as Slayer

* Danny Mitchell as Jamaika

* Brian Massey as Addiction

* Aaron McNeal as Smoove

* Carlito Olivero as Raphael

* Maliah Michel as Kandi

* Candice Craig as Cynthia

* Johann J. Jean as Bartender

* Cydney Davis as Sister Beatrice

* Trae Ireland as Wade

* Imani Hakim as Carmen

* Jah Shams as D. Ice

Production



The film is a black version of the 2012 male stripper movie, 'Magic Mike', starring Channing Tatum. According to the film's director, Jean-Claude La Marre, "There was one glaring omission in 'Magic Mike', and that was people of color. We figured that was a missed opportunity for them and we jumped on it."

Release



In the United States, the film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on May 22, 2015. Freestyle Releasing handled the theatrical release with Paramount Home Entertainment handling the video on demand and home media release of the film. The film also debuted on BET on June 10, 2015.

Marketing



On April 24, 2015, the official trailer and poster were released.

Sequel



A sequel named 'Chocolate City: Vegas' was released to BET on July 1, 2017. On August 12, 2017, it was added to Netflix behind the name 'Chocolate City: Vegas Strip'.

See also



*List of black films of the 2010s

* Dreamboys

* Australia's Thunder from Down Under

* Magic Mike

* Chippendales

References




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