Dark (2003)

Dark the debut feature film of upandcoming Chicagobased indie filmmaker Darryl Bullock became an official selection at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival Chicago International Film Festival Urbanworld Film Festival and American Black Film Festival and receives its first home video release from Cheeseburger Films It tells the story of one Dark Freeman Jason Bonner a young African American man who finds himself torn between his tough urban roots living as a resident on the impoverished crimeridden south side of Chicago and his daytoday life in the comparatively wealthy and privileged University of Chicago where he is enrolled as a student Walking between the two worlds Freeman must find a way to succeed in both with the help of lovers family members close friends and acquaintances