After helming the tales of Harriet Tubman in Harriet and C.J. Walker in Self Made, filmmaker Kasi Lemmons is turning her sights to a new true story, seldom heard in our annals of history. Lemmons will be writing and directing the film adaptation of historical novel The Shadow King -- a story worth telling and then some. The Shadow King, originally written by Maaza Mengiste, tells the real story of Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, and the heroic female soldiers who fought back. Of working on adapting the novel, Lemmons said this: "Maaza Mengiste’s mesmerizing novel takes my …
Screen Rant spoke to Harriet director Kasi Lemmons and star Cynthia Erivo about their new movie, chronicling the righteous life of Harriet Tubman.
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