By Leo Barraclough Senior International Correspondent “The Highwaymen,” about a group of African American artists in segregated 1960s Florida, is being readied to go into production, with casting underway.
Curated By Media is packaging the project, with Concourse Media on board as sales agent. Todd Thompson directs from a script by Lucien Christian Adderley and Richard ‘Byrd’ Wilson.
Thompson previously directed the documentary “Woman in Motion,” which traces the drive – led by Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura in “Star Trek” – to recruit African American, Asian and Latino folks to join NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.
Adderley and Wilson are in their second season writing for OWN series “David Makes Man,” another Florida-set drama, created by
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