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Freedom Ride : Deon Taylor to direct film about Rep John Lewis life as a freedom rider

Search! 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

Filmmaker Deon Taylor Set to Direct the John Lewis Led Freedom Ride Story for The Hideaway Entertainment and INDE Companies

Freedom Ride, Cherry), INDE Companies’ Kim Leadford ( The Butler), Mark R. Harris ( Crash) and Hidden Empire Film Group’s 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

Deon Taylor to direct civil rights movie Freedom Ride

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.

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