First Trailer For 'The North Star' (Jeremiah Trotter As Escaped Slave, Keith David As Frederick Douglass)

From Shadow and Act Sun Feb 10 2013, 21:53:28

If you missed my January 9 post on upcoming slave-themed films that are scheduled to be released in the next 12 to 18 months, click HERE to catch up. This was one of the films I mentioned on that list. Recapping... Former NFL linebacker Jeremiah Trotter stars as escaped slave Big Ben Jones, alongside Keith David as Frederick Douglass, in writer/director Thomas K. Phillips' upcoming indie feature film, The North Star, which we first alerted you to last summer, and have been following since then. The film is based on true events, and tells the story of the aforementioned Big Ben Jones, a slave who makes a daring escape...

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