From the Rough

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From the Rough
Directed by	Pierre Bagley
Produced by	Pierre Bagley Michael Critelli Joshua Throne
Written by	Michael Critelli
Starring	Taraji P. Henson Tom Felton Michael Clarke Duncan Henry Simmons LeToya Luckett Justin Chon
Cinematography	Giorgio Scali
Country	United States
Language	English

From the Rough is an upcoming sports drama film directed by Pierre Bagley. It is based on the true story of Catana Starks, a former swim coach, who became the first woman ever to coach a college men’s golf team. The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Tom Felton, Michael Clarke Duncan and LeToya Luckett.

Synopsis

From the Rough is based on the true story of Catana Stark (Taraji P. Henson), a former swim coach at Tennessee State University who became the first woman ever to coach a college men’s golf team and guided them to an all-time record at the PGA National Collegiate Minority Championship.
Tasked with building Tennessee State’s first golf team and finding only one available African American golfer – Craig (Robert Bailey Jr.), a former caddy with plenty of talent but no confidence – Catana Starks pushes outside TSU’s Historically Black context, and, against huge resistance, opens up the roster to underprivileged kids from around the world: Edward (Tom Felton), a lower class British youth with a rakish charm and a contempt for authority; Bassam (Ben Youcef), a French-Algerian from Paris, angry about the discrimination of his people, soft-spoken but likely to explode; Cameron (Paul Hodge), an Australian from a single-parent household with a childhood spent working, using golf as means to escape; and Ji-Kyung (Justin Chon), a disaffected South Korean from Orange County with a love of hip hop.
Finding each of these wildly different players in places around the world is tough. Getting them to come together as a team is tougher. But Catana Starks relishes the challenge. At the end of the day, a person’s character is determined by the adversity she faces. Against all odds, Catana Starks takes her underdogs "from the rough" and turns them into winners.

Cast

• Taraji P. Henson as Catana Starks
• Tom Felton as Edward
• Michael Clarke Duncan as Roger
• LeToya Luckett as Becky
• Henry Simmons as Kendrick Paulsen Jr.
• Justin Chon as Ji-Kyung
• Robert Bailey Jr. Craig
• Ben Youcef as Bassam
• Paul Hodge as Cameron

External Links

• From the Rough at the Internet Movie Database