‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ Director Jason Pollock To Helm New Investigative Documentary ‘The Case Of Korryn Gaines’
deadline.comFilmmaker Jason Pollock, director of the Stranger Fruit and documentaries, has announced the next case his team’s lens will be focused on: The Case of Korryn Gaines.
Korryn’s family has given Pollock exclusive rights to develop both a feature documentary and narrative film about Korryn’s life and death.Korryn Gaines was the victim of a 6-hour standoff in Baltimore which ended in her death in August of 2016.
Her case immediately became worldwide news, and she became the face of the ‘Say Her Name’ movement at the time. Prior to Breonna Taylor’s death in 2020, Korryn Gaines had been the female face of the Black Lives Matter movement.“Our family is so grateful to Jason and his team for choosing my daughter’s case as his next movie project,” said Rhanda Dormeus, the mother of Korryn Gaines. “I absolutely loved Jason’s investigative work on “Stranger Fruit” and “Finding Kendrick Johnson”.
We are so honored that he’s committed to spend his time fighting with us now for Korryn.”Korryn’s story is very unique because she was live streaming on Facebook-live during the standoff pleading with the world to help save her life.
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