Magnolia Pictures has acquired the theatrical rights to Night Catches Us which was a hit with critics and audience members at this years Sundance Film Festival. The film which re-units co-stars Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington (they both worked together on the film She Hate Me almost six years ago together) and also stars Jamie Hector and Wendell Pierce.

Set on the steamy streets of Philadelphia during the summer of 1976, the film which marks filmmaker Tanya Hamilton’s debut, follows Marcus Washington (Mackie), an ex-Black Panther who returns home to confront his past which includes Patricia Wilson (Washington). The romantic drama deals with real issues during a politically complex and emo