From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo will tell the story of the wife and mother of five who died due to her affiliation with the civil rights movement. She was shot and killed by three Ku Klux Klan members and an FBI informant for her involvement in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches in 1965.
Senior executive and executive producer of Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios film and television content,
Carolyn Folks, gained the global rights of the story and will serve as producer and executive producer alongside Allen.
Carolyn Folks and Tina Andrews. (Image: Allen Media Group/ES)
Byron Allen Acquires Civil Rights-Era Biography From Selma to Sorrow - Film News in Brief
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Byron Allen Acquires Civil Rights-Era Biography ‘From Selma to Sorrow’ For Film
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has announced it has acquired global media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography “From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo.”
“From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo” is written by author and historian Mary Stanton (“Journey Toward Justice”) and traces the life story of Viola Liuzzo a white housewife, part-time college student, and mother of five children whose passion for the civil rights movement led to her brutal murder by the Ku Klux Klan immediately following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965.
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The coronavirus pandemic has turned a group of Palm Beach Shores residents into a virtual theater troupe.
The Palm Beach Shores Players began in March, shortly after the tiny town’s mayor, Myra Koutzen, lost her re-election bid to a former pardoned Iran-Contra spy.
Koutzen, looking for something else to do, turned to her friend, Mary Stanton. Both women had backgrounds in the arts.
Koutzen was a theater major in college and worked for a time as a lighting designer and stage manager. Stanton is a mystery novelist who dabbled in amateur theater.
“Mary and I were trying to figure out what we could do to keep ourselves occupied and keep community with the people in Palm Beach Shores, so we wouldn’t feel so isolated,” Koutzen said. “So, we got this crazy idea.”