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Jasmine Guy To Produce A Biopic About The Late Afeni Shakur

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"0 0 &lbrack;&rsqb;">It&&num;8217&semi;s about time&excl; When it comes to the story of the late revolutionary Afeni Shakur&comma; get ready because it&&num;8217&semi;s coming in a significant way&excl; The mother of rap legend Tupac Shakur and prominent member of the Black Panther party story is finally about to be shared on film&excl; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2022&sol;film&sol;news&sol;afeni-shakur-biopic-tupac-jasmine-guy-jamal-joseph-1235184092&sol;">Variety<&sol;a>&comma; there is a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ashton-sanders-to-star-as-bobby-brown-in-the-upcoming-whitney-houston-biopic-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody&sol;">biopic<&sol;a> that is in the works&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film &&num;8220&semi;Peace&comma; Love &amp&semi; Respect&semi; the Afeni Shakur&sol;Panther 21 story&&num;8221&semi; has actress&comma; director&comma; and writer&comma; Jasmine Guy on board as executive producer&period; Jasmine won&&num;8217&semi;t be working alone to bring Afeni&&num;8217&semi;s story to life&period; She will be working alongside writer&sol;director Jamal Joseph&comma; who was arrested as one of the &&num;8220&semi;Panther 21&&num;8221&semi; with Afeni&period; The film also has backing from Amaru Entertainment and the Shakur Estate&comma; which is very important&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dina LaPolt&comma; who worked with the estate for many years&comma; is also listed as a producer&period; Dina worked tirelessly with Afeni to settle Tupac&&num;8217&semi;s estate and was vital in helping the late rapper release nine posthumous albums&comma; books&comma; and a documentary&period; Dina says the story is close to her heart&comma; as Afeni was a hero to her activist mother&period; &&num;8220&semi;My mother was very much a part of the civil rights movement — she taught me about Afeni and how she was arrested as a member of the &&num;8216&semi;Panther 21&period;'&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Peace&comma; Love &amp&semi; Respect&comma; the Afeni Shakur&sol;Panther 21 story&&num;8221&semi; will keep viewers entertained as it will span a pivotal two-year period&period; From April 2&comma; 1969&comma; the biopic will focus on Afeni at the age of 20&comma; when she and other Black Panther members were arrested and charged with conspiracy to bomb police stations in New York&comma; through June 16&comma; 1971&period; The day is significant because it&&num;8217&semi;s the day of Tupac&&num;8217&semi;s birth&period; During the trial&comma; Afeni represented herself and was acquitted of all charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Outside of the arrest with the Panthers&comma; the biopic will also flashback to Afeni&&num;8217&semi;s childhood and teenage years&period; Reports don&&num;8217&semi;t state which actress will play the role of the activist and the date of the biopic&&num;8217&semi;s release isn&&num;8217&semi;t available&period; Roommates&comma; are yall excited&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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