STONY ISLAND tells the story of Richie Bloom (Richie Davis), the only white kid on the block, as he forms an R&B band with his best friend, Kevin (Edward Stoney Robinson).
Director: Andrew Davis
Stars: Richard Davis, Edward Stoney Robinson, George Englund Jr.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078324/
Watched on AmazonPrime.
17 songs in the Soundtracks.
1st film credit for Rae Dawn Chong, the only familiar face. She's a backup singer.
Because I like R&B, and they play a lot of music, this is a pleasant film. Not great, just pleasant.
It has some rough edges, with the sax player having an abusive in-law where he lives & works (day job).
Another rough edge: the man helping the band gets fired then dies, then his former boss also dies, and the handling of the remains of each is eyebrow-raising (perhaps because I didn't understand what they did, perhaps because I did.)
Most of the acting is amateurish, but not painfully so.
Some of the gorgeous Chicago architecture is included for ambience, but not much.
It's mostly about the music, man.
indie, dir. Davis; 6-
