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"We did [the movie] in 12 days in the height of the pandemic, among other crazy s--- happening with me,” the former "Empire" star says at premiere
Jussie Smollett has made his directorial debut with BET+ in his first project since he was found guilty of falsely reporting a hate crime in January 2019.
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images--Seems Jussie Smollett is moving away from his court struggles and getting back to business in the entertainment world. The former Empire star is set to make his directorial debut with a film adaptation of James Earl Hardy's 1994 novel, B-Boy Blues, which was recently picked up by BET+. The story follows the relationship of New Yorkers Mitchell Crawford and Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in 1993 and fall in love. According to Variety, Mona Scott Young, of the Love & Hip Hop franchise, joined as a producer and was instrumental in ...
The show will mark Smollett's first post-scandal production after being sentenced for disorderly conduct in March.
The film had previously been seen by fans at the 2021 American Black Film Festival where it won the Narrative Feature Fan Favorite Award.