ACTRESS IMANI HAKIM TO STAR IN NETFLIX’S 'BURNING SANDS'

Imani Hakim, Former Child Star of UPN’s Everybody Hates Chris, has been cast to star in the Netflix original film ‘Burning Sands,’ which is Executive Produced by Academy Award winning Actor/Artist Common and directed by Gerard McMurray, from a screenplay by McMurray and Christine Berg.

Hakim will play Rochon, the love interest to Zurich (Trevor Jackson). The film is centered around a particularly brutal hazing process at an all-black university. A favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.

Castmates include: Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton, Trevante Rhodes, Christian Robinson, Rotimi, Octavius Johnson, Malik Bazille, Mitchell Edwards, Serayah, and Nafessa Williams.

Academy Award winning artist and actor Common will take the role of Executive Producer through his Freedom Road Productions, bringing his musical prowess to the project, performing the closing credits original song “The Cross” featuring Lianne La Havas.

Hakim’s credits include UPN’s Everybody Hates Chris, Lifetime’s The Gabby Douglas Story, and Syfy’s Sharknado 4. She is represented by Alexander’s Talent Management and Don Buchwald & Associates.

Burning Sands will make its premiere on Netflix on March 10, 2017.

Fans can stay connected with the actress via social media on Twitter @anakih1, Instagram @anakih1, and Facebook @theofficialimanihakim using the hashtag #Rochon, #BurningSands #Netflix