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The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.
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Jun 22, 2013
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 11, 2014
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Eugene Brown
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Malcolm M. Mays
Tahime
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Alani iLongwe
Clifton
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LisaGay Hamilton
Sheila King
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Dennis Haysbert
Searcy
R
Richard T. Jones
Perry
P
Paula Jai Parker
Gina Sanders
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Jaida - Iman Benjamin
Rhonda
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Rickey Brown
Erik
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Pepi Sonuga
Michelle
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Jordan Calloway
Marco
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Lyn Alicia Henderson
Ms. Gadbaw
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Glenn Fontane
Lucas
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Derrick L. McMillon
Billy West
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J.D. Walsh
Fritz
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Chidi Ajufo
Officer Davison
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Thurston Hill
Hardware Store Man
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Paul Tully
Inmate (uncredited)
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