{"id":15755,"date":"2022-06-24T01:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T23:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=15755"},"modified":"2022-06-24T01:58:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T23:58:42","slug":"disney-movie-rise-premieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/06\/24\/disney-movie-rise-premieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ Movie \u201cRise\u201d Premieres"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Footage from tonight\u2019sWorld Premiere and stills from the World Premiere and Global Press Junket for the Disney+ Original Movie \u201cRise<\/a>,\u201d which will stream exclusively on Disney+ beginning June 24, 2022, are now available. Among those who attended the premiere at the Main Theater at Walt Disney Studios, and sponsored in part by X-Box, were the film\u2019s subjects, executive producer Giannis Antetokounmpo and his mother, Veronica \u201cVera\u201d Antetokounmpo, and his brothers Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Alex Antetokounmpo, along with \u201cRise\u201d cast members Dayo Okeniyi (Charles), Yetide Badaki (Vera), Uche Agada (Giannis), Ral Agada (Thanasis), director Akin Omotoso, writer Arash Amel and producer Bernie Goldmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Audiences have never seen a story like that of the Antetokounmpos. After emigrating from Nigeria to Greece, Charles and Vera Antetokounmpo (Dayo Okeniyi and Yetide Badaki, respectively) struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation. With their oldest son still in Nigeria with relatives, the couple were desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but found themselves undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn. When they weren\u2019t selling items to tourists on the streets of Athens with the rest of the family, the brothers– Giannis (Uche Agada) and Thanasis (Ral Agada)–would play basketball with a local youth team. Latecomers to the sport, they discovered their great abilities on the basketball court and worked hard to become world class athletes, along with brother, Kostas (Jaden Osimuwa). With the help of an agent, Giannis entered the NBA Draft in 2013 in a long shot prospect that would change not only his life but the life of his entire family. And last season, Giannis and Thanasis helped bring the Milwaukee Bucks their first championship ring in 50 years, while Kostas played for the previous season champs, the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 22: Kostas Antetokounmpo, Alex Antetokounmpo, Veronica “Vera” Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Giannis Antetokounmpo with family attend the world premiere of Rise at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California on June 22, 2022. (Photo by Jesse Grant\/Getty Images for Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cRise\u201d stars Dayo Okeniyi, Yetide Badaki, Manish Dayal, Taylor Nichols, introducing Ral Agada and introducing Uche Agada. The film was directed by Akin Omotoso (\u201cVaya\u201d), written by Arash Amel (\u201cA Private War\u201d) and produced by Bernie Goldmann (\u201c300\u201d). Giannis Antetokounmpo and Douglas S. Jones served as the executive producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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