does and how it reflects his work with the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit that provides legalto prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, prisoners without effective representation, and those who may have been denied a fair trial.
He points out it’s not often we see these stories put into light and if they were put into the spotlight more, change would happen. He points to the movie starring Farrah Fawcett and how it shed light on the issue of domestic violence and how there were multiple films about marriage equality that was the driving force behind that particular LGBTQ movement. As he points out, people in Germany are constantly reminded of the Holocaust and aren’t afraid to face those demons and say “never again”.
He called Coogler and told him and through the miracle of three-way calling and Coogler’s skills of connecting, they were on a call with Jordan — who was in Vegas at the time.Eventually, Jordan and Foxx signed on to the project. For Cretton, he felt the pressure of making such an important and personal movie not just for Stevenson but for a topic that seldom gets put into the mainstream. He said that signing on to the project was “the most terrifying” thing he has done.
Foxx stepped into the role of the wrongly accused Walter “Johnny D” McMillian, bringing in some funny anecdotes about racism and stereotypes he experienced while living in Terrell, Tex. Humor aside, Foxx said “There are some things that I experienced and witnessed that equipped me for these types of things.” He continued to say that if you live outside the norm like him, “we all have a Johnny D in us.
FordFoundation LOVE this picture! Brothas from different mothers, changing our world. BRAVO