The Forge has acquired North American rights to Brett Smith’s feature film FREEDOM’S PATH. The award-winning drama stars Gerran Howell (1917), RJ Cyler (ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL), Ewen Bremner (T2 TRAINSPOTTING), Afemo Omilami (FORREST GUMP), Steven Swadling (KICKBOXER), Thomas Jefferson Byrd (SET IT OFF), and Harrison Gilbertson (OPPENHEIMER). The film will be released in select theaters on July 28, 2023, and followed by release on video-on-demand and all digital platforms on August 4, 2023. After a Union soldier (Gerran Howell) flees from battle, rescue comes unexpectedly from a free black man (RJ Cyler) operating a section of the Underground Railway. But when a ruthless and desperate slave catcher (Ewen Bremner) discovers the secret network, he conspires to bring it burning to the ground. Written and directed by Brett Smith, FREEDOM’S PATH was produced by Smith, AJ Winslow, James Pidgeon, Steven Michael Swadling, and Neko Sparks. Dexter Braff, RJ Cyler, Jory Weitz, Skip Willia...