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CinemaSpy has received the official trailer for the independently made comedy-drama Prince of Broadway. You can view it by clicking on the Trailer tab above.

Prince of Broadway is described as being filmed in a 'fast-paced guerilla style that is akin to the hustler lifestyle.' It is currently showing in only select theaters but has already enjoyed success on the film festival network. It won the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Los Angeles and Woodstock Film Festivals, the Grand Jury Prize at the Canary Islands, Florida, Sacramento and Pan African L.A. Film Festivals, the Jury Award at the Torino Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Belfort International Film Festival and Best American Feature at the Cleveland Film Festival. In addition it won the Best New Filmmaker award at the Boulder Film Festival and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Sean Baker...

Prince of Broadway Directed by Sean Baker Prince Of Broadway, the third feature from writer/director Sean Baker (Take Out, Four Letter Words) continues in the minimal, neo-realist vein of his previous films, a slice-of-street-life indie that places a human face on a character not normally seen in mainstream film. The film revolves around the New York world of bootleg apparel, following Lucky  (Prince Adu), an illegal immigrant from West Africa who works as a hustler selling counterfeit purses and sneakers for his Armenian-Lebanese boss Levon (Karren Karagulian). Lucky is confronted at work by an ex-girlfriend (Kat Sanchez) who drops an 18-month-old (Aiden Noesi) into his arms, claiming the child is his, and then disappears. Things get complicated from there. Lucky tries to do the right thing, but he's ill-prepared for the sudden responsibility, and things don't go exactly as planned. Winner of the best narrative feature award at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival,...