LAW Watford Acquires Film & TV Rights to “The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age”
Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age”
“LAW” Watford’s Divine Write Pictures has optioned
the film, television and digital rights to the book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr.
Press in 2018, explores the life of young Martin Luther
King Jr. during his formative years as a student at Crozer
Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. The book made waves when it was released, particularly because of its examination of King’s romance with Betty Moitz, a white woman who was the daughter of the school dietitian and sometimes worked in the kitchen.
as a central theme, so when I first read about Dr. King’s relationship with Betty Moitz in the press, I was intrigued—as I
imagine most people probably were,” said Watford.
University, an Historically Black College in Virginia.
Laverne Berry Esq. on behalf of Divine Write Pictures and
Susan Schulman on behalf of Patrick Parr and Chicago
Review Press.
social narratives. He was recently named one of Essence
Magazine’s 7 Black Independent Filmmakers to Watch for
his short film Catharsis, which was recently acquired by
Revolt TV. The drama tells the story of a Black mother who
confronts the District Attorney who refused to prosecute
the NYPD officer responsible for her son’s death.
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