George C. Wolfe to Direct Bayard Rustin Movie for Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix

Dustin Lance Black penned the screenplay about the gay civil rights activist. George C. Wolfe, Dustin Lance Black, and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner are coming together for a biopic of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Wolfe will direct Rustin from a script by Dustin Lance Black for Higher Ground and Netflix. According to the logline, Rustin will “tell the … Continue reading George C. Wolfe to Direct Bayard Rustin Movie for Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix

Blacklanderz®February 12, 2021February 12, 2021Leave a comment

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Venice: Regina King on Why Her Directorial Debut ‘One Night in Miami’ Is a “Story That Needed to Be Told”

The ‘Watchmen’ star discusses how her 1960s civil rights drama could, in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests and the coronavirus pandemic, “be a reminder for some, and a discovery for others.” For more than 30 years, Regina King has been acting’s equivalent of the go-to player. Whatever role directors threw at her — Detective Lydia Adams on the TNT police drama Southland, the … Continue reading Venice: Regina King on Why Her Directorial Debut ‘One Night in Miami’ Is a “Story That Needed to Be Told”

Blacklanderz®September 4, 2020September 4, 2020Leave a comment