Actor Anthony Mackie is to step behind the camera for his directorial debut, which is named as Spark, a film telling the true story of Claudette Colvin. Niceole R. Levy wrote the screenplay for the project and King Richard‘s Saniyya Sidney is set to lead the cast.
The news was reported by The Playlist, who also have a synopsis for the planned movie.
SPARK follows the true story of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl who bravely stood up to racism – refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus nine months before icon Rosa Parks. Initially embraced by Civil Rights leaders for her courage, Claudette is brushed out of history because those same civic leaders decided a poor, dark-skinned teenage girl can’t be the face of their public campaign.
There isn’t a timeline for when this one is set to go before cameras as yet. Mackie has Rupert Wyatt’s Desert Warrior (filming) and We Have a Ghost on his upcoming credit list, the latter in post-production.
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