The Dutchman (2025 film)

(left) and Zazie Beetz (right) promoting the film at South by Southwest 2025 == Production ==

In September 2023, it was reported that Andre Gaines was set to direct, write, and produce The Dutchman, a feature film adaptation of the 1964 play Dutchman by Amiri Baraka. The film was secured by SAG-AFTRA to start filming with an interim agreement during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen McKinley Henderson were announced as being cast. Filming began on September 25, 2023 in New York City. Aldis Hodge and Lauren E. Banks were added to the cast in October. In February 2025, Chris K. Daniels and Jess Mastro of The Launch Company came on board as executive producers for the film. == Release ==

The film premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 8. In November 2025, Rogue Pictures and Inaugural Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film, giving it a theatrical release in the United States on January 2, 2026. == Reception ==

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 59% of 39 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Despite strong aesthetics and Andre Holland's richly textured performance, The Dutchman unfolds as a muddled reworking of the stage play that fails to find thematic coherence and a sense of identity. == References ==