Danny Glover to Make his Directorial Debut with Toussaint
The action epic will star Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Angela Bassett and is based on the 1791-1804 successful slave uprising in Haiti.
The script by Joslyn Barnes and Vijay Balakrishnan, centers on Haitian revolution hero Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led one of the few successful slave uprisings in history. The slaves defeated French, Spanish and British armies and established the first independent black republic, naming Louverture president for life. He was captured and imprisoned by the French and died a year later.
Production is set to begin latter this year in South Africa.
Sources: Production Weekly
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slysnide
Never heard of this guy. It'd make a great movie. And it's nice to see that Danny Glover's career isn't completely dead.
More flicks should be made about historical lesser known historical events from that time period. Or even known ones for that matter. Like AJ leading the pirates, back country army, and Southern civilians in the Battle of New Orleans in 1814 after the war of 1812 had ended. All history teachers concur that in regards to how that battle went down: "Only in America."
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Cripple
I remember this from U.S. History, It will be interesting to see a movie made about it.
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terra100
You can see a clip of Toussaint's last moments in prison from the new short film "The Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture" at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468184/ This short film is the basis for a new feature (not with Danny Glover) that is in development.
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