Wednesday, March 22, 2017

SHOTS FIRED premieres TONIGHT 03-22-17 ON FOX

If the talent they've collected for this mini-series is any indication, SHOTS FIRED should turn out to be excellent.




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The 10-episode limited series by Gina Prince Bythewood (LOVE & BASKETBALL, BEYOND THE LIGHTS) centers on the story of two racially charged murders. 
The series is first introduced with the slaying of a white college student, killed at the hands of an African-American police officer. 
As the investigation of the case unfolds, a second murder case is introduced — that of a black teenage boy at the hands of a white police officer.  It's a case that was never investigated.
The cases are investigated by Ashe Akino (Sanaa Lathan), an expert investigator, and Preston Terry (Stephan James), a special prosecutor sent to the town by the Department of Justice...

OFFICIAL TRAILER 


Read More on how The Trayvon Martin Case 
inspired Gina and her husband. Reggie, to create SHOTS FIRED

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/shots-fired-creators-cast-preview-987461 

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Check out the director's list.  In addition to Bythewood herself, Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou) is directing an episode, Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Manchurian Candidate) Malcom D Lee (The Best Man movies)


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