Exclusive: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Reading Rainbow icon LeVar Burton will sit in the director’s chair for Two-Front War from Lou Reda Productions. The multi-perspective docuseries will give an emotionally raw look at the connection between the fight for civil rights in America and the struggle for equality of Black soldiers in Vietnam.
The docuseries bolsters the current landscape of Black Lives Matter activism. With the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement receding in time, Two-Front War is an imperative story that needs to be put in the forefront while key figures are still present. It will feature first-person accounts from Black veterans, activists, journalists, students and civilians at the forefront of a two-pronged war for freedom abroad and at home.
“I have looked long and hard to find a subject that inspires me to want to bring my voice to the field of documentary filmmaking,...
The docuseries bolsters the current landscape of Black Lives Matter activism. With the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement receding in time, Two-Front War is an imperative story that needs to be put in the forefront while key figures are still present. It will feature first-person accounts from Black veterans, activists, journalists, students and civilians at the forefront of a two-pronged war for freedom abroad and at home.
“I have looked long and hard to find a subject that inspires me to want to bring my voice to the field of documentary filmmaking,...
- 8/3/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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