H.E.R. Reteaming With ‘The Color Purple’s Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders On Majorettes Movie For 20th
deadline.comAfter collaborating with Oprah Winfrey‘s Harpo Films and Scott Sanders Productions on Warner Bros’ The Color Purple, in which she portrayed the character of Squeak, actress and musician H.E.R.
is getting back into the business with the companies on a Majorettes-inspired project for 20th Century Studios that she’ll develop, produce and topline.
An untitled dance movie set at a fictional Historically Black College in Atlanta, pic’s story follows an introverted ballet dancer from L.A.
who defies her parents by putting her thriving dance career on hold to go to college. There, she joins her HBCU’s struggling majorette team and attempts to overcome culture shock, her stuffy dance background and fierce rivals to help return the team to its former glory.
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