Profiled a few times already on this blog is Black Brit filmmaker Thomas Ikimi’s second feature, which stars Idris Elba & Eamonn Walker, titled Legacy. CLICK HERE to read all our previous posts on the project.

Via his Twitter page, Thomas revealed that Legacy will screen at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from April 22nd through May 2nd.

Great news, with the festival in my backyard, you know I’m going to be at the screening, one way or another, with a review to follow on this blog soon thereafter!

A quick recap… the psychological thriller, which made its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival last month, centers on Idris Elba, who stars as Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray. Having barely survived a botched mission in Eastern Europe, he takes sanctuary in a New York motel room. Brooding on the guilty legacy of his past actions, he replays events in his mind as he focuses on the seemingly inexorable rise of his smooth-talking brother Darnell (Eamonn Walker), a ruthlessly ambitious, fear-mongering senator with his sights firmly set on the White House.

Paranoia, vengeance and the possibility of salvation prove a lethal cocktail in a film infused with potent echoes of cinema classics The Manchurian Candidate and Taxi Driver.

The film has no distribution at the moment, but the reviews from Glasgow were mostly strong, and I can’t wait to see it here next month! Once I do, you’ll know all about it.

I’m hoping for a trailer sooner than later…