Actor Danny Glover, who is planning a movie about Haitian independence hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he worked very hard to raise funds for the movie because financiers complained there were no white heroes. Producers said Its a nice project, a great project... where are the white heroes? he told AFP during a stay in Paris this month for a seminar on film. I couldnt get the money here, I couldnt get the money in Britain. I went to everybody. You wouldnt believe the number of producers based in Europe, and in the States, that I went to, he said. The first question you get, is Is it a black film? All of them agree, its not going to do good in Europe, its not going to do good in Japan. Somebody has to prove that to be a lie!, he said. Maybe Ill have the chance to prove it. Glovers first project as film director, is about Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), one of the fathers of Haitis independence from France in 1804, making it the first nation of color to throw off imperial rule and become a republic. The uprising he led was bloodily put down in 1802 by 20,000 soldiers dispatched to the Caribbean by Napoleon Bonaparte, who then re-established slavery after its ban by the leaders of the French Revolution. Due to be shot in Venezuela the film will star Don Cheadle, Mos Def, Wesley Snipes and Angela Bassett.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:18:55 +0000
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