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Kenya Barris To Produce Netflix Documentary About Benjamin Crump—The Civil Rights Attorney Representing Families Of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor & More

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; one of the most in-demand civil rights attorneys is getting the documentary treatment&period; According to new reports&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Black-ish&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grown-ish” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mixed-ish” creator Kenya Barris is set to produce a documentary about<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;attorney-benjamin-crump-breonna-taylors-family-met-with-kentucky-attorney-general-in-hopes-of-finally-arresting-officers-responsible-for-her-death&sol;"> Benjamin Crump<&sol;a> in conjunction with his &dollar;100 million-dollar deal with Netflix&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;HollywoodReporter just announced that Kenya Barris is on board <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;news&sol;kenya-barris-produce-netflix-doc-civil-rights-attorney-ben-crump-1307398&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter">to produce<&sol;a> a feature-length documentary for Netflix about Benjamin Crump&comma; the civil rights attorney that represented the families of victims of police violence&comma; including George Floyd&comma; Breonna Taylor&comma; Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The documentary will provide an in-depth look on Benjamin Crump’s journey as a civil rights attorney and also thoroughly examine his current cases—specifically highlighting the distinct nature of his work&comma; his impact on American civil rights and racial justice&comma; and the toll such work takes on him and his family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Widely considered a trailblazer in his law field&comma; Crump first gained national recognition while representing the family of Trayvon Martin following his death at the hands of George Zimmerman&period; Additionally&comma; over the last few months&comma; he has been more in-demand than ever due to the current state of police violence and racial injustice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kenya Barris will produce the as-yet-untitled documentary through his Khalabo Ink Society production company&comma; 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