PLAYIN' FOR LOVE Coming to Digital Video and DVD Today

By: Feb. 09, 2016
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RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brings you PLAYIN' FOR LOVE. Producer and co-writer Robert Townsend directs this romantic, love story starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield (I Am Legend), Esai Morales ("Criminal Minds"), Jenifer Lewis ("Black-ish"), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (The Jacksons: An American Dream) and Melyssa Ford (Think Like a Man). PLAYIN' FOR LOVE made its streaming premiere on UMC - Urban Movie Channel, a premium subscription-based video streaming service created by Robert L. Johnson, chairman of RLJ Entertainment and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET). PLAYIN' FOR LOVE will be available on Digital Video and on DVD for an SRP of $27.97 on Feb. 9, 2016.

PLAYIN' FOR LOVE tells the story of Coach Banks (Townsend) who is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love live. But that's about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson High. She's a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team... and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he's going to stay in the game.

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ABOUT RLJ ENTERTAINMENT An RLJ Entertainment, Inc. brand (NASDAQ: RLJE), RLJ Entertainment's recent feature films include Blackbird starring Mo'Nique, Isaiah Washington and Julian Walker and written & directed by Patrick Ian Polk; Criminal Activities with John Travolta, Michael Pitt and Dan Stevens and directed by Jackie Earle Haley; Where Children Play with Teyonah Parris, Brian While, Leon and Macy Gray; and The Adulterers starring Mehcad Brooks, Sean Faris and Danielle Savre. These titles are distributed in multiple formats including theatrical, VOD, DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital download.

ABOUT UMC - UMC - URBAN MOVIE CHANNEL Urban Movie Channel was created by Robert L. Johnson, Chairman of RLJ Entertainment and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET). UMC is a premium subscription-based service which features quality urban content showcasing feature films, documentaries, original series, stand-up comedy, and other exclusive content for African American and urban audiences. For more information visit: www.urbanmoviechannel.com.



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