"The Banker" is based on the true story of one of the first banks in the United States owned, operated, and created for members of the Black community — one established in the 1950s, a world before the Civil Rights movement really picked up and in a more openly racist and segregated period of American history.
Bernard Garrett finds too many race-related roadblocks in his quest to become a Los Angeles real estate investor, but he meets a club owner named Joe Morris, and together, the two African-American men create a property business, hiring a white man to pose as the face of the company to gain entry into the financial and real estate sectors. This arrangement continues when they attempt to start a bank in Texas, expressly to cater to Black clients shut out of the traditional banking system.
- Starring: Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nia Long
- Director: George Nolfi
- Year: 2020
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
