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James Baldwin's Love Story on Screen
2 Oct
Summary
- A biography of James Baldwin is being adapted into a feature film.
- Higher Ground and Anonymous Content are producing the adaptation.
- Nicholas Boggs and Marlon James will write the screenplay.
A feature film adaptation of Nicholas Boggs' biography, "Baldwin: A Love Story," is in development. Anonymous Content has secured the rights to the book. Higher Ground, founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, will co-produce the project with Anonymous Content.
Boggs and his partner, novelist Marlon James, are attached to write the screenplay. The biography itself draws on recently uncovered archival material and fresh reporting to explore Baldwin's significant relationships.
These relationships include those with his mentor Beauford Delaney, his lover Lucien Happersberger, and collaborators Engin Cezzar and Yoran Cazac. James Baldwin's influential body of work includes "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Giovanni's Room."
