Actor and director IWashington spoke with WTTW News to discuss his new film 'Corsicana,' tackling the role of director after most of the production team quit and more.
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Cinema can provide an opportunity for education. In this case, it’s educating the public on Bass Reeves, who is said to be the first Black deputy U.S. marshal to serve West of the Mississippi River.Shot in Corsicana, Texas, during the pandemic, Washington found himself taking on the role of director after most of the production team quit.
“I went in like a giddy little girl or boy, sat for five days doing nothing, then the director quit and producers and actors quit,” he said.“I walked in and said, ‘I’m directing,’ and the rest was a blur. I took 120 pages and made it down to 30 pages and rewrote everything about Bass Reeves in it,” he said.
For nearly three decades, Reeves is said to have arrested some of the most dangerous fugitives of his time. Washington credits the cast for their role in properly acknowledging Reeves and his story. “It’s not only important to be in the theater, because I see how this movie changes people’s DNA when they watch it. Bass Reeves doesn’t die in the end, he’s a good guy, a master of firearms, a law man, great at disguises, literate, has a wife, wealthy and he is diverse in how he works with people,” Washington said.
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