Kevin Costner at the Red Carpet Premiere of BLACK OR WHITE in St. Louis

The stars were out in St. Louis last night. One star anyway – none other than Oscar winner Kevin Costner, here hosting a sceening of his new movie BLACK OR WHITE. In the film, produced by Costner and written and directed by Mike Binder, Costner plays a grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his half black granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

We Are Movie Geeks was at the screening and took these photos of Costner as he made his way down the red carpet at the Ronnies Cinema in South County. There he was interviewed by the local TV stations before stopping to saying hello and shake hands with We Are Movie Geeks. St. Louis baseball Cardinals legend Ozzie Smith was on hand and presented the actor with a Cards jersey with ‘Crash’ printed on it – a reference to the Crash Davis character he played in BULL DURHAM.

After the screening, Costner stayed for a lengthy Q&A. He went on at length about how much this new film means to him and how he funded it entirely with his own money. Costner was generous with his answers and seemed to be enjoying his visit to St. Louis, the city where he filmed AMERICAN FLYERS, one of his first starring roles, 30 years ago. Look for more coverage here at We Are Movie Geeks of BLACK OR WHITE, which costars Anthony Mackie and Octavia Spencer and opens everywhere January 30^th.