We Are All Warriors - The Crown Heights Interview
3,633 views · Published 1 September 2017 · 12:41 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Reelblack One · 2017 · Entertainment
Poet and activist GREG CORBIN had the chance to speak with actor/ producer NNAMDI ASOMUGHA and activist COLIN WARNER about their Sundance Audience Award-winning film, CROWN HEIGHT, which opens nationwide on September 1, 2017. IN THE SPRING OF 1980, A TEENAGER IS GUNNED DOWN IN THE STREETS OF FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN. THE POLICE PRESSURE A CHILD WITNESS TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT. AS A RESULT, COLIN WARNER, AN 18-YEAR-OLD KID FROM NEARBY CROWN HEIGHTS, IS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF MURDER AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. COLIN’S CHILDHOOD FRIEND CARL 'KC' KING DEVOTES HIS LIFE TO FIGHTING FOR COLIN’S FREEDOM. HE WORKS ON APPEALS, TAKES LOANS FOR LAWYER FEES AND BECOMES A LEGAL COURIER TO LEARN THE COURT SYSTEM. THIS INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY IS BASEDON THE ACCLAIMED THIS AMERICAN LIFE PIECE AND ADAPTEDBY WRITER/DIRECTOR MATT RUSKIN, WITH LAKEITH STANFIELD PLAYING COLIN WARNER AND NNAMDI ASOMUGHA AS CARL KING. www.crownheightsmovie.com ##### Reelblack's mission is to educate, elevate, entertain, enlighten, and empower through Black film. If there is content shared on this platform that you feel infringes on your intellectual property, please email me at [email protected] and [email protected] with details and it will be promptly removed.
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