The indie feature film “Woodlawn” is getting ready for production and is now casting the male lead role of Tony.
The projects casting directors at Barnes / Bronson Casting are seeking an African American actor between the ages of 18 and 21 to play an athletic, football player. The film is set during the year 1973 in a racially torn Birmingham, Alabama.
The film is holding online auditions and is accepting self taped audition videos via the films web page. The project will begin filming on November 3rd and will shoot for approximately 7 weeks. Please note that the SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE is October 2nd, Midnight PST.
WOODLAWN
In 1973, when a spiritual awakening captures the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School Football team and its coach Tandy Gerelds, their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama and the rise of its first African American superstar, TONY NATHAN.
STUDIO: INDEPENDENT
DIRECTOR: THE ERWIN BROTHERS
CASTING DIRECTOR: BARNES|BRONSON CASTING
LOCATION: BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
CASTING FOR TONY NATHAN:
They are casting for the following role:
LEAD: African American, 18-21 years old
Tony is an incredibly talented athlete, who has grown up in Birmingham, Alabama in the midst of horrific racial tension and strife. An intelligent, observant, thoughtful and grounded young man, he chooses to play on the Woodlawn team despite the fact that he will face tremendous prejudice. A person of few words, he prefers to carefully observe what’s going on around him. Tony is a young man of extraordinary athletic ability coupled with keen intelligence and moral strength… Actor should be athletic, but football experience not required.
Talent interested in auditions for the role needs to fill out the online application available on their website as well as create an audition video. Actors interested need to hurry up and get their submissions in because the deadline is October 2nd.
I was a Senior at Woodlawn in 1973-1974 season. While it is true we were still racially separated in a lot of ways and we did have
some confrontations, the school was not “filled with racism and hate”!! I enjoyed my high school days and never was I ever
afraid to go to school or did I have to suffer metal detectors, graffiti destruction or cops paroling the halls. Tony did indeed do a lot to improve relations and I have always admired his talent and determination to be successful in all of his pursuits.