Brooklyn Media, the recently launched production banner from civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, has tapped best-selling Child of God author Lolita Files to pen two true-life tales centering on injustice.
Files will first tackle Blue Uniform, Black Skin: The Nakia Jones Story, which tells of a woman who was fired from her job for her social media post which passionately addressed racist cops in an incident involving a black man selling CDs outside a convenience story. The man, Alton Sterling, was shot dead at close range in 2016 by two white Baton Rouge police officers.
The twist is that Jones was a ...
Files will first tackle Blue Uniform, Black Skin: The Nakia Jones Story, which tells of a woman who was fired from her job for her social media post which passionately addressed racist cops in an incident involving a black man selling CDs outside a convenience story. The man, Alton Sterling, was shot dead at close range in 2016 by two white Baton Rouge police officers.
The twist is that Jones was a ...
- 12/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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