For more than 30 years, Glover has been trying to make a biopic about the leader of the Haitian revolution. True, the story of LOuverture has been told before, notably in a play by CLR James that was staged in Londons West End in 1936 starring Paul Robeson, and more recently in a French TV series starring Haitian actor Jimmy Jean-Louis. But Glover believes his treatment will be the first to have the epic scale these events require. But when will we see this directorial debut? In 2006, Glover assembled a cast including Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mos Def, and planned to shoot his film in South Africa and Venezuela, thanks to $18m (£11m) from one of Glovers heroes, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Six years on, filming has not started. Well get the film done, says Glover. We came so close so many times, you could almost taste it, man. We came that close and were going to do it. Why is the project so important to him? Imagine a revolt where all those people who were enslaved and dispossessed in Africa, America and round the world, heard what had happened? You imagine what that meant to them?
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 09:29:09 +0000
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