Knucklehead
When his brother goes missing, mentally challenged Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is alone in the Brooklyn housing projects without a protector. Langston must take his future into his own hands now that he is under the thumb of his overbearing mother (Alfre Woodard). He sets out to discover the one doctor he feels is capable of curing him, a celebrity magazine columnist who promotes dubious prescription medicine cocktail combinations. If Langston succeeds in becoming "mentally excellent," he will be able to move into his own apartment with his girlfriend, who may be a product of his wishful thinking. Finding himself in the unethical world of pharmaceutical marketing, his search for his enigmatic doctor and hero leads to some unexpected revelations. Langston tries for freedom from his previous existence-from his mother, his neighborhood, and his fragmented mind-all the while discovering that people are not who they appear to be.
Released: 2015-02-01