Mario Van Peebles’ Civil Rights Drama ‘The Price for Freedom’ Sets January Production Start (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAngelique Jackson Mario Van Peebles has set his latest film “The Price for Freedom,” which tells the story of civil rights pioneers and NAACP organizers Harry T.
and Harriette V. Moore, who were instrumental in advancing the cause for Black voters in Florida. The Moores’ story is described as “equal parts civil rights history and a personal tale of love, commitment and family,” as it chronicles the activists’ fight for voting rights and the equalization of pay for Black teachers in Florida, as well as their battle against racial violence and lynching.
After opening 64 chapters of the NAACP in the state (beginning with the Brevard County office in 1934, of which Harry Moore eventually became president) and registering hundreds of thousands of Black voters, the Moores were murdered on Dec.
25, 1951, when a bomb exploded directly under their bedroom at their home on the outskirts of Mims, Fla. “It was their attempted defense alongside the young Thurgood Marshall (destined to become the first Supreme Court justice) of the ‘Groveland Four,’ four young African American men accused of rape” that got them killed, a synopsis of the film explains.
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