How far would a son go to get his father out of prison? Would he risk his own future? Those are the questions at the heart the upcoming film, “Rob Peace.”

As seen in the trailer, “Rob Peace” tells the story of a brilliant young guy who decides to risk his own future to help get his father released from prison. The film stars Jay Will, Mary J.

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As the “peak TV” wave begins to crest, artists are again realizing that not every book needs adaptation as a miniseries. There’s value in the concision and prioritization forced by the feature format. But Chiwetel Ejiofor’s sophomore outing as a film director, a translation of the biography “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace,” serves as a reminder that some stories need the bigger canvas allowed by episodic storytelling. His “Rob Peace” tries to stuff so much in under two hours that it does its subject a disservice.

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