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Who should star in Will Packer’s film on Kemba Smith?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Will Packer is lining up yet another film project. The prolific Atlanta-based producer has obtained the rights for a planned biopic on Kemba Smith, the African-American woman granted clemency by President Clinton after spending years in prison on a crack cocaine case.
Smith had no criminal record and had led a stellar life before she began studying at Hampton University where she met a man who ended up being the head of a multimillion-dollar crack cocaine empire. Authorities pressed conspiracy charges against her and she received a 24-year prison sentence.
Packer is about to begin filming “Obsessed” in Los Angeles with Beyonce Knowles and plans to follow that up with the heist drama “Bone Deep” with Idris Elba, Matt Dillon and likely Atlanta rapper T.I.
The untitled Kemba Smith film could start in 2009.
Smith is now in her 30s. I can think of several actresses who could play her: Taraji P. Henson, Rosario Dawson, Meagan Good and Jurnee Smollett just to name a few.
Who would you select to star in a film about Smith?
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By Shelly
April 15, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
I think Lauren London from ATL would make a great Kemba.
By Renee L. Winn
May 21, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
I think a new comer, such as myself, should play the role of Kemba. I can bring a raw realness to this role. www.reneewinn2.exploretalent.com
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