Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington’s new directorial drama, ‘A Journal for Jordan,’ is a story based on love and life lessons starring Michael B. Jordan
NEW YORK, Dec 21 - Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington returns to the director's chair for drama "A Journal for Jordan", a story about love and life lessons based on a memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Dana Canedy.
Starring "Black Panther" actor Michael B. Jordan and "Monsters and Men" actress Chante Adams, the movie tells the story of how after Canedy’s fiancé U.S. Army First Sergeant Charles King was killed during the Iraq war, she turned a journal he left for their son into an essay and later a book.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"I read and I went 'Whoa ...
King began writing the journal in 2005. Former journalist Canedy, who was part of a New York Times team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series on race relations in the United States, published her memoir in 2008."He would be humbled. He would be bashful about it and he would be incredibly proud," said Canedy, currently senior vice president and publisher at Simon & Schuster.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.
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