On this day in movie history - The Fire Inside (2024):

The Fire Inside

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Barry Jenkins,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 2024.

Music by Tamar-kali.

Cast:

Ryan Destiny, Jazmin Headley, Kylee D. Allen, Brian Tyree Henry, De'Adre Aziza, Chrystian Buddington, Maurice Wayne Anglin, Teanna Weir, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba, Taytem Douglas, Olunike Adeliyi, Adam Clark, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Nendia Lewars, Sekhai Jayden Smith, Chidubem Rafael Echendu, Sarah Allen, Lanette Ware, Jason Weinberg, Richard Lewis, Chiamaka Glory, Bobby Daniels, Michael Brown, Tyrone Benskin, Tiandria Taylor, Marium Carvell, Jamillah Ross, Amanda Barker, Ivan Daniel Ossa, Kenya Salmon, John Kalbhenn, Jessica Grossi, Dorian Ouaton, Patrick Dussault, Cynthia Zhou, Charlene Wong, Tabitha Tao, Jennifer Huggins, Zak Farion, Ruth Tinker, Matthew Gorman, Matt Standish, Laura Vincent, Donovan Boucher, Neil Crone, Mark Simmons, Myrthin Stagg, James Finlay Fraser, Natasha Spence, Jordan A.K. Brown, Allen Adepoju, Jasmine Jones-Ball, Daniel Jordan Anthony, Nicole Drury, Christine Cleary, Laura Vuculescu, Melissa Karagianis, Amara-Grace Boyce, Za'Niyah-Rose Kirston-Reeves, Selina An, Jim Carey, J. Timothy Hunt, Jack Nguyen, Shubei Zheng.

On this day in movie history - Papillon (2017 movie & books):

Papillon

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Aaron Guzikowski,

based on the books Papillon and Banco by Henri Charrière,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Canada, on September 7, 2017.
Music by David Buckley.

Cast:

Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Møller, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Ian Beattie, Nicholas Asbury, Nikola Kent, Slavko Sobin, Joel Basman, Luka Peroš, Demetri Goritsas.

Recommended reading:

Papillon

By Henri Charriere.

ASIN: B01N8YET21

Published by William Morrow.

First published 1969.

Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.

Banco:

The Further Adventures of Papillon

By Henri Charrière.

Published by Granada Publishing Limited.

First published 1972.

ISBN 13: 9780586040102

ISBN 10: 0586040102

ASIN: 0586040102

The sensational sequel to Papillon. Banco continues the adventures of Henri Charriere – nicknamed Papillon – in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raiding exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries – robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 – when he decides to write the book that brings his international fame.