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Jussie Smollett to make film directorial debut with novel ‘B-Boy Blues’
Jussie Smollett is making his directorial debut with the film adaptation of James Earl Hardy’s 1994 novel B-Boy Blues.
Jussie Smollett is making his directorial debut with the film adaptation of James Earl Hardy’s 1994 novel “B-Boy Blues”, reports Deadline.
Jussie Smollett to direct B-Boy Blues
B-Boy Blues follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.
Rivers is known as a “B-boy” or “banjee boy,” which is a term that originated in ballroom culture to describe someone with a tough exterior. However, as Crawford gets to know Rivers, he discovers that though he is a loving father to his 5-year-old son, he has a history of violence.
The film will be produced through Smollett’s SuperMassive Movies.
Production
Smollet’s production on B-Boy Blues starts on Oct. 17 and is financed by SuperMassive and Tom Wilson, a Cleveland-based investor who funds independent, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC films. Smollett is a producer, along with author Hardy, Frank Gatson, Sampson McCormick and Madia Hill Scott.
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