Singer Big Freedia uses her platform to raise awareness on gun violence in New Orleans. In her new doc, premiering at AFI Docs, she shares her personal and heartbreaking story of losing her brother, Adam Ross, to gun violence. Directed by Chris McKim, the documentary follows Freedia as she goes into schools and prisons, diving into the states’ problems with gun violence while sharing her own personal experiences.
Freedia talks to Variety about the documentary, gun violence and why the documentary is more timely than ever.
What is it like having the documentary come out at this time?
It’s a perfect time. With all this happening, with all this unbalance going on in the world, I think it’s something that needs to be seen and to be heard. God does everything for a reason, and for whatever reason, it just so happened to land around this time.
What...
Freedia talks to Variety about the documentary, gun violence and why the documentary is more timely than ever.
What is it like having the documentary come out at this time?
It’s a perfect time. With all this happening, with all this unbalance going on in the world, I think it’s something that needs to be seen and to be heard. God does everything for a reason, and for whatever reason, it just so happened to land around this time.
What...
- 6/19/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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