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Magnolia Pictures will be giving the post-apocalyptic thriller 40 Acres, starring Danielle Deadwyler of The Woman in the Yard and Carry-On, a theatrical release on July 2nd – and in anticipation of that release, we’re proud to share an Exclusive clip from the movie! You can check it out in the embed above.

40 Acres marks the feature directorial debut of R.T. Thorne, who also wrote the screenplay with Glenn Taylor from a story by Lora Campbell. The film has the following synopsis: After a plague eradicates all animal life, famine spreads across the globe leaving society at war and in ruins, but the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on their ancestral farm so long as they dispatch the occasional raiding party. But what good is surviving the end of the world if it means snuffing out your own humanity? Former soldier Hailey made that choice years ago, believing that isolation was...

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40 Acres starts at the Freeman farm. An assault on the farm and its occupants is about to occur, but a small, mighty group manages to stop the assailants and ensure they never return. Here, we meet Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler), a former soldier who has trained her family, which comprises her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) and their four children, the oldest of whom is her son Emmanuel (Kateem O'Connor). The Freemans hold firm to their values, protecting their land, training to survive, and never forgetting their respective history as a blended Black and Indigenous family.

40 Acres

Director R.T. ThorneRelease Date September 6, 2024Writers R.T. ThorneCast Tyson Kirk, Patrick Kerton, David Chinchilla, Julian Lewis, Ava Weiss, Jaeda LeBlanc, Leenah Robinson, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Kataem O'Connor, David MacInnis, Elizabeth Saunders, Danielle Deadwyler, Michael GreyeyesGenres Drama, Thriller, History

The film by writer-director R.T. Thorne takes place in the near future, when the decimation of...