Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lynn Whitfield Face Tense Road Trip in ‘Albany Road’ Trailer (Exclusive)

Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield are forced to put their differences aside during a pivotal road trip in the trailer for the drama feature Albany Road.

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The film from writer-director Christine Swanson is set to hit select AMC Theatres and Malco Theatres locations on Nov. 15, with those cinema chains handling the distribution. Albany Road centers on Celeste (Goldsberry), who is preparing for an important work trip and is dismayed that she has to share a car with her ex-fiancé’s mother, Paula (Whitfield). Celeste soon learns that Paula is keeping a big secret from her, with the movie exploring challenging family dynamics and the power of personal growth.

“We come face-to-face with what we fear the most or what we want the most, and sometimes you win — and sometimes you lose,” Whitfield says in the trailer.

Later, while seated in the car next to Whitfield, Goldsberry exclaims, “I hate being powerless!”

Swanson wrote and directed the movie that hails from Faith Filmworks. The project counts Brett Hays, Kevin McGrail, Sarah Sharp and Michael Swanson as producers. Rounding out the cast are J. Alphonse Nicholson, Lisa Arrindell and Gary Dourdan.

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Leon Lacey composed the Albany Road score, with contributions from Grace Gibson and Donald Lawrence.

Swanson previously helmed the Lifetime movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel , in addition to episodes of Bel-Air , Found and All American .

Goldsberry stars on the comedy series Girls5eva and earned a Tony and a Grammy for her role as Alexander Hamilton’s sister-in-law Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton .

Whitfield’s recent credits include the features Vacation Friends and The Retirement Plan , along with a main role on the series Greenleaf . She earned an Emmy Award for HBO’s 1991 movie The Josephine Baker Story .

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