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The Man in My Basement

  • 2025
  • R
  • 1h 55m
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Corey Hawkins in The Man in My Basement (2025)
Charles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, out of luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent offers to rent his basement for the summer.
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Charles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, out of luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent off... Read allCharles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, out of luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent offers to rent his basement for the summer.Charles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, out of luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent offers to rent his basement for the summer.

  • Director
    • Nadia Latif
  • Writers
    • Nadia Latif
    • Walter Mosley
  • Stars
    • Willem Dafoe
    • Corey Hawkins
    • Anna Diop
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  • POPULARITY
    4,902
    2,519
    • Director
      • Nadia Latif
    • Writers
      • Nadia Latif
      • Walter Mosley
    • Stars
      • Willem Dafoe
      • Corey Hawkins
      • Anna Diop
    Completed
    Expected September 2025
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    Willem Dafoe
    Willem Dafoe
    • Anniston Bennet
    Corey Hawkins
    Corey Hawkins
    • Charles Blakey
    Anna Diop
    Anna Diop
    • Narciss Gully
    Brian Bovell
    Brian Bovell
    • Brent Blakey
    Mark Arnold
    Mark Arnold
    • Wilson Ryder
    Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
    Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
    • Clarence Mayhew
    Brooke Walter
    Brooke Walter
    • Newsreader
    Tamara Lawrance
    Tamara Lawrance
    • Bethany
    Jonathan Ajayi
    Jonathan Ajayi
    • Ricky Winkler
    Pamela Nomvete
    Pamela Nomvete
    • Irene Littleneck
    Shellia Kennedy
    Shellia Kennedy
    • Aunt Peaches
    Kayla Meikle
    • Lainie
    Miah Hasselbaink
    Miah Hasselbaink
    • Athalia
    Nahna James
    • Extra
    Olivia Michi Shrenzel
    Olivia Michi Shrenzel
    • Hina
    Lizzie Lomas
    • Extine Blandford
    Reed Stokes
    • Passenger
    Josiah Leonardo Kabeya
    • Young Charles
    • Director
      • Nadia Latif
    • Writers
      • Nadia Latif
      • Walter Mosley
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      Early filming began in a village called Llandybie in Carmarthenshire, Wales in January 2024. Llandybie Rugby Club had a number of filming trucks, caravans, limousines, power units and a food stand in the car park, with the crew using the clubhouse and its facilities throughout the day whilst they filmed at the American Villas on Ammanford Road and on the Llandeilo Road industrial estate.
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      • September 2025 (Canada)
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      • B.O.B. Filmhouse
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