Danny Glover

Danny Glover Posted August 22, 2008 | 01:58 PM (EST) huffingtonpost.com Between the corporate media circus coverage of the US presidential elections and the "security" arrangements in store for any prospective DNC and RNC protesters, it struck me that there is very little room for anything between spectacle and surveillance these days. Fortunately not everyone is taking this lying down. Today's launch of the film Trouble the Water directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal and executive produced by the company I co-founded, Louverture Films , opens up a meaningful space to examine critical and pressing issues that have remained unaddressed and ... Read Full Story

Venezuelan lawmakers are donating US$19.7 million (€12.4 million) to back an independent movie directed by actor Danny Glover, a supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The National Assembly on Wednesday approved US$9.8 million (€6.2 million) for “Toussaint,” a film about Haitian rebel leader Toussaint Louverture, after previously approving US$9.9 million (€6.2 million). The most recent funding was announced on the Assembly’s Web site. The movie will be produced by Glover’s independent company Louvertoure Films with support from the Cinema Villa, Venezuela’s state film studio. Louvertoure Films produces movies of “historical relevance, social purpose, commercial value and artistic integrity,” according to the company’s Web site. ... Read Full Story

  Danny Glover will direct the film biography of Haitian slave Toussaint Louverture entitled Toussaint . Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan backed film studio Villa del Cine will give $18 million to fund this movie . Toussaint was a key figure in the Haitian uprisings in the late 1700s which lead to the independance of Haiti. Through this project and others about Latin American revolutionaries both Glover and Chavez hope to shed some light on Western Imperlism and exploit.  The history of Haiti and Tousaint draw a lot of parallels to the struggles of this nation and thus make it a compelling movie to watch. Also the movie has a ... Read Full Story

Actor Danny Glover has branded Hollywood studio bosses racist after failing to secure financial backers for a biopic of revolutionary Haitian leader Toussaint L'Ouverture . Read Full Story

The prediction is that a movie will not do good anywhere in the world, more like Europe, Japan etc, if there is no white hero.  This is the problem that Danny Glover ran into when attempting to get funding for a Haitian story for film which reaches back and tells the story of Toussaint-Louverture , who is a Haitian hero of independence.  Now, Danny has had to work hard for the monies necessary to bring this true story to film, but it was a hard road as he asked and asked for funding but was rejected due to there being no white heroes in the film. ... Read Full Story