Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer to be produced by Brad Pitt/Oprah

[Dr. Narcisse]

Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are teaming up to adapt The Water Dancer, the best-selling novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates, for MGM.

Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Pitt’s Plan B are producing along with Kamilah Forbes, who previously developed and directed the theatrical event of Coates’ Between the World and Me at the legendary Apollo Theater and Kennedy Center.

Coates adapted his own novel, which was Winfrey’s first selection of her revived Oprah’s Book Club in partnership with Apple and was listed as one of the best books of the year for 2019 by Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Vanity Fair and Esquire, among others.

Set in the pre-Civil War South, the story follows Hiram Walker, born into bondage. He possesses amazing photographic memory but has no memory of his mother. A car accident reveals to him a superpower called conduction, an ability to travel large distances and that is triggered by powerful memories of his mother. As he struggles to gain an understanding of this power, he becomes involved with the Underground Railroad and meets historical figures.

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[Dr. Narcisse]

I sure the breh @Ziggiy will be there day 1 right

 

[nieman]

I'm struggling to get through this book. It's been a year. He is not a good creative/non-fiction writer.

 

[Lurking Class Hero]

I'm struggling to get through this book. It's been a year. He is not a good creative/non-fiction writer.

The only review of the book that I've heard/read was on the BBC show 'the Saturday review'. They all liked between the world and me but said basically the same about him being a poor novelist.

 

[nieman]

The only review of the book that I've heard/read was on the BBC show 'the Saturday review'. They all liked between the world and me but said basically the same about him being a poor novelist.

It's a shame too, because he's a great writer. But it seems to me, he's someone that had his creativity stifled early on.

 

[bewitched]

I brought the novel and am struggling with it too. Plus I'm really over these slavery movies and novels that have been produced in the past 5 years.

 

[PortCityProphet]

I'll pass.
Should rewrite that joint, get rid of the tired slave shyt, put a brotha in a 9-5. Still get the message across and kill that tired ass slave troupe.
Black folks tired of being slaves in movies

 

[pete clemenza]

Another incoming slavery movie

 

[SuavePrince]