I'm Charlie Walker
20221971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.
Acted in
Mike Colter
as Charlie Walker
Dylan Baker
as Mr. Bennett
Safiya Fredericks
as Ann Walker
Mark Leslie Ford
as Mr. Sharpe
Steven Wiig
as Dan Wallace
Emma Caulfield Ford
as Fran
Monica Barbaro
as Peggy
Carl Lumbly
as Willie
Greg Cipes
as Zephyr
Boots Riley
as Bartender Ray
Ron Roggé
as Mr. Santini
John Charles Meyer
as Bill
Lyle Kanouse
as Chuck White
William H. Bryant Jr.
as Taxi Cab Driver
Bianca Sia
as Black
Willie Brown
as Taxi Cab Driver
Laurie Burke
as Scorn Woman
Travis Johns
as Red McNulty
Anna Moore
as Sarah
Nadia Gillespie
as Jasmine
David Fine
as Officer Powell
William O'Keeffe
as Oil Man
Peter Abraham
as Gabe Lorenzo
Michelle Acosta-Betts
as Tami
Mikiah Aubert
as Landi
Spencer Broschard
as Injured Man
Sarah Clark
as Lt. Joanie Phifer
Kirsten Eileen Dwyer
as Hippie
Gabriella Crump
as Dee Dee
Etienne Eckert
as Danielle
Lee Einhorn
Vermyttya Erahn
as Bar Patron
Rylen Eudy
as Broken Leg Kid
Lisa Finnie
as Wendy
Mariel Neto
as Mae
Cole Panther
as City Cop
Charleston Pierce
as Jerry
David L. Schormann
as Bar Patron / Union Laborer
Samantha Simon
as Kathy Johnson
Magnus Wiig
as Hippie Kid
Yvonne Zarathustra
as Bar Patron
Daniel Valent
as Bar Patron
Sarah Skotvold
as Activist (uncredited)
Emelee Pham
as Bar Patron
Christina Pawl
as Alexa / Pretty Woman
Carole Morey
as Hippie
Andrea Monte Warren
as Bar Patron
Vinnie Hasson
as Dark Johnson