Michael Brown Sr., father of Michael Brown, who was killed in Ferguson, Mo. by a police officer at age 18, has appeared in his fair share of documentaries and recorded countless interviews since his son’s death in 2014. But there was something about “Ferguson Rises,” filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu’s take on the Brown family’s story, that felt different.
“It’s giving us fathers a voice,” Brown tells Variety, joined by Olambiwonnu and the film’s producer David Oyelowo to discuss the new doc. “The media runs right to the woman — it’s okay, that’s what they do — [fathers are] supposed to be the strength and take it, take it, take, it. But we hurt, too.”
That’s why Brown says he is honored to be at the center of this new narrative about his son’s life, his death and how the events of Aug. 9, 2014 impacted the citizens of Ferguson, before...
“It’s giving us fathers a voice,” Brown tells Variety, joined by Olambiwonnu and the film’s producer David Oyelowo to discuss the new doc. “The media runs right to the woman — it’s okay, that’s what they do — [fathers are] supposed to be the strength and take it, take it, take, it. But we hurt, too.”
That’s why Brown says he is honored to be at the center of this new narrative about his son’s life, his death and how the events of Aug. 9, 2014 impacted the citizens of Ferguson, before...
- 6/18/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker and rapper Boots Riley and activist Angela Davis delivered speeches at a Juneteenth march in Oakland, California.
Related: Photos of the Juneteenth March in Oakland
“We’re at a momentous point in history right now. We’ve been taught to look up to the Civil Rights Movement, for instance… The March on Washington, 200,000 people,” Riley told protestors at Oakland’s Oscar Grant Plaza, named after the 22-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a transit police officer on New Year’s Day 2009.
“We had, these past two weeks,...
Related: Photos of the Juneteenth March in Oakland
“We’re at a momentous point in history right now. We’ve been taught to look up to the Civil Rights Movement, for instance… The March on Washington, 200,000 people,” Riley told protestors at Oakland’s Oscar Grant Plaza, named after the 22-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a transit police officer on New Year’s Day 2009.
“We had, these past two weeks,...
- 6/20/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Henry Biggs attempts his marathon swim at Catalina Island.
If Henry Biggs were really swimming to Ferguson, he would have started in the Mississippi and made his way up Maline Creek, although he would have had to walk part of the way to get there.
What Henry Biggs is really doing is swimming around Manhattan Island. Although more a runner than a swimmer, Henry planned to swim 28.5 miles around Manhattan. It isn’t just the distance that makes this hard but the fact that he is swimming against current, tides and in areas more accustomed to seeing boats than swimmers.
This open-water marathon is an impressive swimming challenge but what does that have to do with Ferguson? Biggs says he was deeply affected by what happened in Ferguson in 2014, after unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot by white policeman Darren Wilson, and he is using his athletic feat to...
If Henry Biggs were really swimming to Ferguson, he would have started in the Mississippi and made his way up Maline Creek, although he would have had to walk part of the way to get there.
What Henry Biggs is really doing is swimming around Manhattan Island. Although more a runner than a swimmer, Henry planned to swim 28.5 miles around Manhattan. It isn’t just the distance that makes this hard but the fact that he is swimming against current, tides and in areas more accustomed to seeing boats than swimmers.
This open-water marathon is an impressive swimming challenge but what does that have to do with Ferguson? Biggs says he was deeply affected by what happened in Ferguson in 2014, after unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot by white policeman Darren Wilson, and he is using his athletic feat to...
- 9/17/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stranger Fruit, the documentary into the controversial police shooting of Michael Brown that became headline news following its festival debut in 2017, has been picked up by Gravitas Ventures.
The company has acquired U.S. rights to the film. It's directed and written by Jason Pollock and features interviews with Brown's lawyers and family, including mother Lezley McSpadden and father Michael Brown Sr.
Stranger Fruit held its world premiere at SXSW 2017 and quickly became a major topic of conversation due to Pollock releasing new evidence he had discovered after moving to Ferguson in 2015 to conduct his investigation. New footage showed Brown...
The company has acquired U.S. rights to the film. It's directed and written by Jason Pollock and features interviews with Brown's lawyers and family, including mother Lezley McSpadden and father Michael Brown Sr.
Stranger Fruit held its world premiere at SXSW 2017 and quickly became a major topic of conversation due to Pollock releasing new evidence he had discovered after moving to Ferguson in 2015 to conduct his investigation. New footage showed Brown...
- 3/22/2018
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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