Deon Taylor To Direct ‘Freedom Ride;’ John Lewis-Led Group Risked Lives To Desegregate Deep South In 1961
EXCLUSIVE: Deon Taylor is set to direct Freedom Ride, a period drama that will be produced by The Hideaway Entertainment’s Matthew Rhodes (Cherry), INDE Companies’ Kim Leadford (The Butler), Mark R. Harris (Crash) and Hidden Empire Film Group’s Roxanne Avent Taylor (Fatale). Taylor, whose films include Fatale and Black and Blue, has written the script with Steven Vosburgh and Dusdi Fissette based on first-person accounts by a dozen of the original Freedom Riders, including the late Civil Rights icon and U.S. Congressman John Lewis.