Original Broadway “Hamilton” star Daveed Diggs and “Def Poetry” slam poet Rafael Casal have a story to tell about growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, which they will present in “Blindspotting,” a film due out in 2018.

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The film, from music video director Carlos Lopez Estrada in his feature directorial debut, is written by Diggs and Casal and focuses on two movers trying to get by in a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

Singer, actor, rapper Diggs, an Oakland native and Berkeley High alum, won a Grammy and Tony Award for originating the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway production of “Hamilton.” He has recurring roles on ABC’s “Blackish” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix and is executive producer for the new ABC comedy series “The Mayor.” He is also set to appear with Julia Roberts in the upcoming film “Wonder,” about a young boy struggling to overcome a facial difference.

Diggs and Casal have collaborated on the Bay Area-based collective “The Getback” as well as the musical “The Limp,” described as a “contemporary examination of the relationship between love and male identity. “The Limp” was presented at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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Casal got his start performing for three seasons on HBO’s “Def Poetry.” He currently runs the Bars Lab at the Public Theater in New York City.