{"id":3643,"date":"2018-12-19T20:56:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2019-02-04T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:59:06","slug":"the-first-feature-biopic-about-rosa-parks-to-begin-production-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/the-first-feature-biopic-about-rosa-parks-to-begin-production-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Feature Biopic About Rosa Parks To Begin Production In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rosa Parks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A full-length feature film about Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks may be hitting theaters for the first time. Titled <\/b>Rosa<\/i><\/b>, the biopic will be produced by Winter State Entertainment, and filming will begin in 2019. <\/b><\/p>\n

Written by Charlie Kessler and Hamid Torabpour, the film aims to explore the first 24-hours following the famous arrest of Parks on December 1, 1955. <\/b>Deadline <\/b><\/a>reports that the project will also recognize Parks\u2019 involvement with the Civil Rights movement as an activist and advocate prior to being wrongfully arrested. <\/b><\/p>\n

In the past, a few projects have explored the courageous life and legacy of Rosa Parks. In 2001, the Oscar nominated documentary <\/b>Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks<\/i><\/b> was released. The following year, Parks collaborated on bringing <\/b>The Rosa Parks Story<\/i><\/b> to television, starring Angela Bassett. Most recently, TV One\u2019s <\/b>Behind The Movement<\/i><\/b> premiered earlier this year, which is a fast-paced retelling of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, <\/b>Rosa<\/i><\/b> is the first biopic about the activist that is scheduled for a theatrical release.<\/b><\/p>\n

Jeanne Theoharis, author of the NAACP Award-winning book \u201cThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,\u201d will serve as a consulting producer on the film. \u201cWhile most Americans have heard of Rosa Parks, the details of what happened that on the night she was arrested, and her lifetime of political courage and activism, are largely unknown,\u201d Theoharis told Deadline in a statement. \u00a0\u201cThe real story of Rosa Parks is far different, and even more inspiring and relevant for our times than the tale most children learn in school.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Elaine Steele, who co-founded the <\/b>Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development<\/b><\/a> with Rosa Parks back in 1987, said in a statement to Deadline: \u201cWe are excited about the upcoming movie and are honored that Winter State and the team of filmmakers plan to contribute to The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. We are confident that the filmmakers of <\/b>Rosa<\/i><\/b> will bring quality and their commitment to accuracy to this important historical event.\u201d<\/b>A percentage of the proceeds made from <\/b>Rosa<\/i><\/b> will be donated to the Institute. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A full-length feature film about Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks may be hitting theaters for the first time. Titled Rosa, the biopic will be produced by Winter State Entertainment, and filming will begin in 2019. Written by Charlie Kessler and Hamid Torabpour, the film aims to explore the first 24-hours following the famous arrest of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[206,506,31,505,504],"class_list":["post-3643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-biopic","tag-civil-rights","tag-featured","tag-rosa","tag-rosa-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3643","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=3643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}