An unauthorized biopic of activist Angela Davis is coming to the big-screen. Deadline reports that The Firm has acquired an as-yet untitled script from LaToya Morgan, who previously served as a staff writer on Showtime’s “Shameless” and is a former NAACP Image Award nominee.
Davis made headlines in 1970 when she became the third woman to appear on the FBI’s infamous 10 Most Wanted List for suspected involvement in a racially-charged hostage situation in a courtroom in Marin County, California. Davis fled before being captured, and the fugitive’s story received a great deal of attention, both in the U.S. and abroad. The professor and author was eventually tried before an all-white jury who deemed her not guilty.
“Although the events of this film take place three decades ago, Angela Davis’s story holds a strong relevance in today’s political and social landscape, and we are excited and honored to tell it along with LaToya,” said Robbie Brenner, president of The Firm’s film division and one of the producers on the project.
