{"id":3592,"date":"2018-11-28T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T17:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2019-03-01T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:32:16","slug":"common-to-develop-zora-neale-hurstons-barracoon-book-into-a-limited-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/common-to-develop-zora-neale-hurstons-barracoon-book-into-a-limited-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Common To Develop Zora Neale Hurston\u2019s \u2018Barracoon\u2019 Book Into A Limited TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For his second project under his deal at Lionsgate TV, Common will adapt Zora Neale Hurston\u2019s recently published non-fiction book, <\/b>Barracoon<\/i><\/b>, into a limited television series. <\/b><\/p>\n

The critically acclaimed <\/b>Barracoon<\/i><\/b> is based on Hurston\u2019s interviews from 1927 with 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis, the last known enslaved person to survive the Middle Passage. The profound story was unpublished until the spring of this year, and went on to become a <\/b>New York Times <\/i><\/b>Bestseller. The book documents Cudjo’s childhood in Africa, his horrifying experiences with slavery, and his role in the founding of Africatown in Alabama.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cBased on those interviews, featuring Cudjo\u2019s unique vernacular, and written from Hurston\u2019s perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, <\/b>Barracoon<\/i><\/b> masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Following <\/b>Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/i><\/b>, <\/b>Barracoon<\/i><\/b> marks only the second Hurston project to be adapted into a film or television series. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For his second project under his deal at Lionsgate TV, Common will adapt Zora Neale Hurston\u2019s recently published non-fiction book, Barracoon, into a limited television series. The critically acclaimed Barracoon is based on Hurston\u2019s interviews from 1927 with 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis, the last known enslaved person to survive the Middle Passage. The profound story was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,174],"tags":[469,468,31,470,33,467],"class_list":["post-3592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-books-books","tag-barracoon","tag-common","tag-featured","tag-lionsgate","tag-tv-series","tag-zora-neale-hurston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}