Check Out Andre 3000 Playing Jimi Hendrix in a New Biopic

JIMI: All Is By My Side Clips and Photos
Andre Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix and Imogen Poots as Linda Keith in 'JIMI: All Is By My Side' (Photo credit: Patrick Redmond)

Andre 3000 of Outkast stars as the legendary musician Jimi Hendrix in the new dramatic biopic JIMI: All Is By My Side coming to theaters sometime this summer. Xlrator Media’s distributing the drama written and directed by John Ridley who just won an Oscar for his screenplay of 12 Years a Slave.

In addition to Andre, the cast includes Imogen Poots, Hayley Atwell, Andrew Buckley, and Ruth Negga.

The new clip has just been released along with photos from the film, which had its premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. JIMI: All Is By My Side is also screening at the SXSW Film Festival on March 12, 2014.

Details on JIMI: All Is By My Side:

All Is By My Side charts just over a year in a man’s life. The year he blossomed and became Jimi Hendrix. The year he spent as a young musician trying to make it on the streets and in the clubs of London, England. The lovers, friends, and musical collaborators, who helped him get there.

JIMI: All Is By My Side Clips and Photos
Andre Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix in the drama/biopic “JIMI: All Is By My Side” an XLrator Media release (Photo credit: Patrick Redmond)
JIMI: All Is By My Side Clips and Photos
Imogen Poots as Linda Keith in the drama/biopic “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (Photo credit: Patrick Redmond)