The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

The Obituary of Tunde Johnson is an American drama film, directed by Ali LeRoi and released in 2019. Premise Tunde Johnson is a gay Nigerian-American teenager who is in a secret relationship with his school's white lacrosse champion Soren. Soren is closeted and officially dating popular girl Marley, Tunde's best friend since childhood. The day of Soren's birthday, when the two boys have planned to come out to their families, Tunde is stopped and fatally shot by a police officer. Following his death, he wakes up the previous morning and becomes trapped in a time loop, forced to relive the day of his murder, which keeps happening in different ways no matter how hard he tries to change it. Cast Steven Silver as Tunde Johnson, a gay African-American teenager who is trapped in a time loop that forces him to repeatedly relive the day of his fatal, racially motivated shooting by a police officer Nicola Peltz as Marley Meyers, Tunde's longtime friend Spencer Neville as Soren O'Connor, a closeted classmate who is secretly dating both Tunde and Marley in a love triangle David James Elliott as Soren's conservative father Alfred, who hosts a talk show about current affairs Alessandra Rosaldo as Dr. Martínez, Tunde's therapist Sammi Rotibi as Tunde's father Ade Tembi Locke as Tunde's mother Yomi Production