Billy Porter on the Importance of Carrying on James Baldwin's Legacy

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Billy Porter on the Importance of Carrying on James Baldwin's Legacy
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Billy Porter is not only set to portray Baldwin, but he has also been tapped to co-write the upcoming film alongside Dan McCabe.

star is not only set to portray Baldwin, but he has also been tapped to co-write the upcoming film alongside Dan McCabe.

"He was an African American, queer man at a time when there weren't many images, when there wasn't much representation for a person like me," Porter continued. He then added,"So, I get to carry on that specific legacy, and that's very special to me." First announced in April 2023, the untitled project from Allen Media Group Motion Pictures will be adapted from David Leeming’s 1994 book,, with Byron Allen, Carolyn Folks, Jennifer Lucas, Matthew Signer and Chris Charalambous serving as executive producers with Porter and D.J. Gugenheim of Incognegro Productions onboard as producers.,"As a Black queer man on this planet with relative consciousness I find myself, like James Baldwin said, 'in a rage all the time.

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