BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) – The Black Panthers are making a comeback.Two English-language European film projects aim to bring leading figures from the Black Power movement of the 1960s to the big screen soon.
Franco-Algerian producer-writer-director Rachid Bouchareb, whose film "London River" screens in competition at the current Berlin International Film Festival, is setting up a movie on the early life of Angela Davis, a leading figure of the civil rights movement and one-time FBI renegade.
Meanwhile, Berlin-based Egoli Tossell Film, whose latest picture, "Hilde," screens as a Berlinale Special Gala, is in preproduction on a feature based on the life story of Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale.
Bouchareb, working from a script by novelist Yasmina Khadra, has his lead actress firmly in mind: "I want Beyonce Knowles to play Angela Davis," he said.
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Finally! Maybe this is the role to launch Beyonce to get her a grammy...this seems like a gritty and real story to tell.
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