The Cave Of Adullam Interview: Lawrence Fishburne And Jason Wilson Discuss The Story Of How They Connected To Make Create The Cave Of Adullam Documentary

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The Lawrence Fishburne-produced and Laura Checkoway-directed documentary, Cave of Adullam, is a love letter to masculine vulnerability.

Cave leader Jason Wilson uses a quote from Frederick Douglas for reference, “It’s easier to raise boys than repair broken men.” Through martial arts, meditation, discipline, and emotional expression, he’s helping the young men of Detroit create a new way of living beyond the temptations of crime and gang culture.His teachings encourage young men to cry, be upset, and be okay with expressing their feelings, which forgoes the idea that Black men must bottle up their feelings because it’s not what men do.

The film follows four young men as Wilson reprograms their understanding of masculinity and gives them problem-solving tools to break the generational trauma of manhood.Deadline spoke with Fishburne and Wilson about their joint endeavor and why helping young Black boys is crucial, and how the training helps cultivate a brighter future for themselves in a society that forces Black children to grow up too fast.How did you (Fishburne), Jason, and director Laura Checkoway come together for Cave of Adullam? Lawrence: It’s interesting because I think my relationship with Jason started well before I met him.

He has a relationship with my work and found some of the work that I have done useful for what he’s doing. Jason: I’ve been a fan of Lawrence forever, you know, especially Boyz n the Hood, and I saw him as a father figure.