Stranger Fruit, the documentary into the controversial police shooting of Michael Brown that became headline news following its festival debut in 2017, has been picked up by Gravitas Ventures.
The company has acquired U.S. rights to the film. It's directed and written by Jason Pollock and features interviews with Brown's lawyers and family, including mother Lezley McSpadden and father Michael Brown Sr.
Stranger Fruit held its world premiere at SXSW 2017 and quickly became a major topic of conversation due to Pollock releasing new evidence he had discovered after moving to Ferguson in 2015 to conduct his investigation. New footage showed Brown...
The company has acquired U.S. rights to the film. It's directed and written by Jason Pollock and features interviews with Brown's lawyers and family, including mother Lezley McSpadden and father Michael Brown Sr.
Stranger Fruit held its world premiere at SXSW 2017 and quickly became a major topic of conversation due to Pollock releasing new evidence he had discovered after moving to Ferguson in 2015 to conduct his investigation. New footage showed Brown...
- 3/22/2018
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the nation reacts to the violence in Charlottesville, many are stunned by the hateful views that lurk beneath the country’s surface. One group that is unsurprised? Black people. African Americans have never forgotten America’s racist foundations, and never had the chance to turn a blind eye; they experience racism every day. Which why is a film like “Whose Streets?” — a documentary about the Ferguson protests, made by black filmmakers for black audiences — must be seen, celebrated, and heeded.
The film documents the genesis of the Black Lives Matter movement during 2013 demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., following the murder of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. Piecing together shaky footage with more intimate interviews with movement leaders, director Sabaah Folayan and producer Damon Davis weave a tale of unrelenting power that feels like today’s news. The film’s authenticity is largely derived from the filmmakers,...
The film documents the genesis of the Black Lives Matter movement during 2013 demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., following the murder of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. Piecing together shaky footage with more intimate interviews with movement leaders, director Sabaah Folayan and producer Damon Davis weave a tale of unrelenting power that feels like today’s news. The film’s authenticity is largely derived from the filmmakers,...
- 8/17/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Warner Bros. is developing a movie about Michael Brown “that is tonally and thematically similar to ‘Crash.'” The news comes courtesy of the Tracking Board, who report that the studio has acquired the rights to Lezley McSpadden’s memoir “Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown.” “Crash,” which won Best Picture in 2006, used a cross-cutting narrative to explore racism in Los Angeles — an approach that remains controversial even now.
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Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in August of 2014, leading to ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The Tracking Board further reports that Warner Bros. is seeking a writer of color to adapt McSpadden’s book, which was published last year.
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Read More: Newly-Released Michael Brown Surveillance Video From SXSW Doc Sparks Protests
Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in August of 2014, leading to ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The Tracking Board further reports that Warner Bros. is seeking a writer of color to adapt McSpadden’s book, which was published last year.
Read More: ‘Whose Streets?’ Review: Ferguson Doc Shows the Birth of Black Lives Matter With Unrelenting...
- 6/17/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
A break-out success at the SXSW Film Festival, Jason Pollock’s new documentary Stranger Fruit revisits the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man in Ferguson, Mo., by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on the afternoon of Aug. 9, 2014. Pollock’s film re-examines the 95-second encounter between Brown and Wilson, and Pollock concludes flatly that, even though neither a grand jury nor the Department of Justice brought charges against Wilson, the shooting “was a murder" and Wilson “should be in jail.” But even before the film’s March 11 premiere, Pollock ignited fresh headlines about the case when he released...
- 3/16/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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