Let It Shine (film)
| Let It Shine | |
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Official film poster
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| Genre | Musical, teen |
| Written by | Story by Eric Daniel Teleplay by Eric Daniel Don D. Scott |
| Directed by | Paul Hoen |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Richard Gibbs |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Amy Gibbons Paul Hoen |
| Cinematography | David A. Makin |
| Editor(s) | Girish Bhargava |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Production company(s) | GWAVE Productions |
| Distributor | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Disney Channel BET |
| Original release | June 15, 2012 (U.S. & CAN) August 11, 2012 (BET) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Let It Shine is a 2012 musical television film that premiered on Disney Channel. It features an ensemble cast of Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson and Brandon Mychal Smith. The film follows a shy, talented rapper and musician who pens romantic hip-hop verses only to stand idly by as they're delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend, in a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac. The film was directed by Paul Hoen and written by Eric Daniel and Don D. Scott. The Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on June 15, 2012 at 6 o'clock in the U.S. and Canada and on July 20, 2012 in the UK. The first look at it was seen during Disney's Whodunit Weekend on April 13, 2012. The film also premiered on BET on August 11, 2012.
In Atlanta, Georgia, Cyrus DeBarge (Tyler James Williams) is a musically talented choir director who writes rap lyrics under the pseudonym "Truth" because of his father Pastor Jacob's (Courtney B. Vance) disapproval of hip hop music and his shy demeanor compared to his more outgoing best friend Kris McDuffy (Trevor Jackson). Cyrus also secretly works as a busboy at a club, Off the Street, where the music label of their childhood friend, teenage singing sensation Roxanne "Roxie" Andrews (Coco Jones), is sponsoring a songwriting contest. Roxie chooses Truth's heartfelt song "Don't Run Away" as the winning entry but misidentifies Kris as Truth because the photo Cyrus submitted was of them both. Kris convinces Cyrus to let him take credit for the song because he has feelings for Roxie. As Kris uses Cyrus' verses to get closer to both Roxie's heart and his newfound fame, Cyrus begins to resent his best friend.
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