Anthony Mackie will make his directorial debut with “Spark.”
The project will center on Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, and Saniyya Sidney will star in it.
In 1955, 15-year-old Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a bus.
The incident occurred nine months before Rosa Parks did the exact same thing.
“Not only was I moved, I was inspired,” Mackie said in a statement about the film. “It’s great to be a superhero in movies, but she’s a real live one living amongst us, and I’m honored to tell her story.”
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Anthony Mackie Making Directorial Debut
