Air Q & A with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, and Matthew Maher
There was a special advance screening of director Ben Affleck’s AIR on Monday, March 20. The screening was held at Warner Bros. Discovery Theater in NYC with a Q&A immediately following the screening with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, and Matthew Maher.
Amazon Studios + MGM will release Affleck's Air in theaters nationwide starting on April 5th, 2023
Air reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.
It follows the history of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, played by Matt Damon, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of sports: Michael Jordan. The cast also includes Affleck as Nike's Phil Knight, plus Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Marlon Wayans, Chris Tucker, Viola Davis & Julius Tennon as Deloris & James Jordan, Matthew Maher, and Tom Papa.
