Don Cheadle & Adam Scott’s Production Banners Team Up On ‘Quitman 10+2’ Voter Suppression TV Drama
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act banner and Adam Scott’s Gettin’ Rad Productions have joined forces to tell the tale of the 2010 arrest of a dozen African-American politicians and operatives in Georgia over alleged voter fraud, and the fallout that followed.Based on Jon Ward’s “How A Criminal Investigation In Georgia Set An Ominous Tone For African-American Voters” 2019 article optioned last year by the Severance star and Naomi Scott, the Quitman 10+2 entitled television series is looking to bring a writer onboard soon, I hear.The swooping up of the Black candidates in Brooks County over a decade ago by then Peach State secretary of state Brian Kemp on flimsy claims and a multitude of felony charges not only saw their orange jumpsuited photos splashed across local and national media, but also became a dog whistle chorus for conservatives.
For then just appointed Republican Kemp himself, the heavyhanded playing to some of the worst tendencies of the GOP base in 2010 brought a surging profile that took him all the way to the Georgia Governorship in a 2018 race against Stacey Abrams.Almost certain to be set for a repeat showdown between incumbent Kemp and Abrams this year, that 2018 election was deeply stained by voter suppression and accusations of more undocumented fraud.
Since the 2020 election, which Abrams’ voter outreach advocacy helped see Georgia go for Joe Biden, Red states all over America have passed increasingly restrictive voting legislation that is clearly aimed at quelling the rights of non-white citizens.All of which gives Quitman 10+2 an added jolt of timeliness.“The events of Quitman 10+2 jumped out to us immediately as an incredibly compelling story of racial division and voter suppression that
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