EXCLUSIVE: André Holland (Passing), Kate Mara (Black Mirror), Zazie Beetz (The Harder They Fall) and Stephen McKinley Henderson (Beau Is Afraid) are set to star in The Dutchman, a psychological thr…
centers on an encounter between a well-to-do Black man and an enchanting white woman who match wits in a sexualized game of cat and mouse that leads to a violent conclusion. The searing confrontation amplifies the dimensions of racial conflict in America in this adaptation of the stage show first presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York City, in March 1964, which was later adapted into a critically acclaimed 1966 film starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Jr.
Gaines noted during a recent conversation with Deadline that when this “historic play” taking place at the height of the civil rights movement came about, the famed playwright Baraka went by the name of LeRoi Jones. He took on a new name “after having been inspired by that movement, and launched the Black arts movement that happened up in Harlem, and has been a prolific playwright ever since.” Baraka passed away in 2014.
“This is a story that was near and dear to me, as I like to tell stories about historic times, places, people,” said Gaines, who will shoot his new project on a live MTA train in New York. “I did that with my filmand really wanted to elevate this story to bring it to new audiences and broaden its scope.”
Gaines came to set Holland as his lead after attending NYU alongside him years back, having locked his IA about a month ago, and will producethrough his multi-platform media company, Cinemation Studios. Producing alongside him is Jonathan T. Baker, the Emmy nominee known for
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