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February 5th, 2021 by KRNB
Courtesy of Deon Taylor
Deon Taylor has been tapped to direct
Freedom Ride, a period drama centered on the life of late civil rights icon and U.S. Congressman
John Lewis.
The film, co-written by Taylor, will be based on first-person accounts by a dozen of the original Freedom Riders, including Lewis himself. Civil rights attorney
Benjamin Crump and his company, Brooklyn Media, are also on board to co-executive produce the project alongside Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group.
Set in 1961,
Freedom Ride will follow the actions of a multiracial group of young activists led by 20-year-old John Lewis, as they decide to take matters into their own hands in the fight racial discrimination and hate. After signing their own last wills and testaments, Lewis and his fellow Freedom Riders travel to the segregated South, where even with federal law on their side they are brutally beaten, arrested, and firebombed. Their
Freedom Ride,
Cherry), INDE Companiesâ Kim Leadford (
The Butler), Mark R. Harris (
Crash) and Hidden Empire Film Groupâs Roxanne Avent Taylor (
Fatale). The script is based on first-person accounts by a dozen of the original Freedom Riders, including the late Civil Rights icon John Lewis.
Deon Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group partner Robert F. Smith will Executive Produce, along with Civil Rights attorney Benjamin Crump and his company, Brooklyn Media.
Written by Steven Vosburgh, Dusdi Fissette, and Deon Taylor, the film is set in 1961 and details the actions of a multiracial group of young activists, led by twenty-year-old John Lewis, as they decide to take matters into their own hands in the fight against racial discrimination and hate. After signing their own last wills and testaments, these determined Freedom Riders journeyed by bus into the deep segregated South where mob violence and police brutality against Black Americans run rampant. Even with federal
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): American film director-screenwriter Deon Taylor will be helming the upcoming film 'Freedom Ride'. The film will be based on first-person accounts of the original freedom riders (civil rights activists), including the late Congressman John Lewis.
How to watch Fatale: 2020 movie online – is it available free?
Here’s how to watch Fatale, the 2020 movie directed by Deon Taylor and starring Hilary Swank. Is it available online for free?
There were so many exciting movies to emerge throughout 2020, from Leigh Whannell’s
The Invisible Man to David Fincher’s
Mank.
Dune,
A Quiet Place Part II yet to reach screens.
However, a number of 2020 titles are beginning to reach audiences.
Kornél Mundruczó’s
Pieces of a Woman is now available on Netflix after premiering at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, and viewers are now also able to check out Fatale too.
Fatale,” starring
Hillary Swank will give you the much-needed escapism you seek.
The film was released in theaters last December and arrives via on-demand on January 8.
Ealy stars as Derrick, a sports agent who is living the life, with a successful business, tailored suits, a plush office, a beautiful wife, and a lavish Hollywood Hills home complete with an infinity pool.
But, it’s never just that simple. He and his wife – portrayed by
Damaris Lewis– are having problems at home. He jets off to Vegas to attend a bachelor party with his business partner Rafe (
Mike Colter.) There Derrick ends up having a one-night stand with Val (Swank), a woman he meets in the club.