Blackout (2007 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Blackout

| alt =

| image = Blackout FilmPoster.jpeg

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| director = Jerry Lamothe

| producer = Judith Aidoo
Nora Aidoo

| writer = Jerry Lamothe

| starring = Zoe Saldaña
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Sean Blakemore
Jamie Hector
Saul Rubinek
Melvin Van Peebles
Jeffrey Wright

| music = George J. Fontenette

| cinematography = Ben Wolf

| editing = Tina Pacheco

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| released = {{Film date|2007|09|29|Zurich Film Festival|2008|02|05|United States}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

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Blackout is a 2007 American film about the Northeast Blackout of 2003 in New York City. The film is written and directed by Jerry Lamothe,{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/646924/blackout|title=Blackout|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=March 28, 2016}} and it stars Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Saldaña, Prodigy, Michael B. Jordan, and LaTanya Richardson. The film premiered at the 2007 Zurich Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://zff.com/en/programme/movies/2928/blackout/|title = Blackout - Zurich Film Festival}} It debuted on BET on February 1, 2008.{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|title='Blackout' has some bright moments|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=2008-02-08|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/02/01/blackout_has_some_bright_moments|accessdate=2008-02-03}} It was released to DVD on February 4, 2008. The film was also screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.