{"id":75610,"date":"2016-05-05T16:01:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/05\/05\/shamless-writer-latoya-morgans-script-for-angela-davis-biopic-picked-up-the-firm\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:03:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:03:53","slug":"shamless-writer-latoya-morgans-script-for-angela-davis-biopic-picked-up-the-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/shamless-writer-latoya-morgans-script-for-angela-davis-biopic-picked-up-the-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Shamless’ Writer LaToya Morgan’s Script For Angela Davis Biopic Picked Up The Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Shameless’ Writer LaToya Morgan’s Script For Angela Davis Biopic Picked Up The Firm<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

May 5, 2016<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Angela<\/a><\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> is reporting that Jeff Kwatinetz\u2019s The Firm<\/strong> has acquired an untitled script by Shameless writer LaToya Morgan<\/strong> for a biopic on Black Panthers member and 60s radical Angela Davis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The company’s division president Robbie Brenner<\/strong> will produce with Kwatinetz and Kevin McKeon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Davis, accused of murdering a federal judge, became the first woman on the FBI\u2019s 10 Most Wanted list, became an iconic symbol of an era. After fleeing from authorities, she is eventually captured and must exonerate herself from an all white jury during the racially turbulent early 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"LaToya<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2012, Shola Lynch<\/strong> directed the critically acclaimed documentary,\u00a0Free Angela and All Political Prisoners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Besides Shameless, Morgan has also written for AMC\u2019s Turn: Washington\u2019s Spies<\/strong>, which she was nominated for an 2015 NAACP Image Award. Morgan, who was recently hired to adapt the Robert Crais novel The Two Minute Rule for Original Film and Story Mining & Supply<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the events of this film take place three decades ago, Angela Davis\u2019s story holds a strong relevance in today\u2019s political and social landscape, and we are excited and honored to tell it along with LaToya.\u201d<\/strong> said Brenner.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Los Angeles, LaToya Morgan is an alumna of the American Film Institute Conservatory where she received a MFA in Screenwriting. Post-graduate school, she was selected as a Fellow in Film Independent\u2019s Project: Involve and later had her feature script place in the distinguished Nicholl Fellowship. She is also a 2011 alumna of the prestigious Warner Bros. Writers\u2019 Workshop and a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2013 she was a Finalist for the Austin Film Festival pilot writing competition, was selected to Film Independent Producer\u2019s Lab and a participant in the Producers Guild of America\u2019s Power of Diversity Workshop.<\/p>\n

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