After its original rollout plan was scrapped late last year, “The Banker,” a civil rights drama starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, has a new life.

Apple announced on Thursday that the film would be made available to Apple TV Plus subscribers on March 20, with a theatrical release scheduled for March 6.

One of the first feature films to be distributed by Apple, “The Banker” is based on the true story of Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris, a pair of black entrepreneurs who recruited a white man to pose as the face of their business in an effort to work against the racist banking practices of midcentury America.

Apple withdrew the film from the American Film Institute’s annual festival and canceled its Dec. 6 theatrical premiere after Bernard Garrett Jr., a son of one of the film’s protagonists, was accused of sexual misconduct. The younger Mr. Garrett was a co-producer of the film. His name has been removed from the film, and Apple said he would not profit from its release.