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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ is inspired by the first Black Deputy U.S. Marshal MSNBC Source link
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Paramount is producing a new show based on the true story of a legendary Arkansas Wild West lawman who was one of the first Black U.S. Marshals and by some accounts an inspiration for the Lone Ranger. Perhaps it was luck . . .
In the lore of the American West, where heroes are made of both lawmen and the lawless, there’s a story of a man as tough as Billy the Kid, as good with a gun as Wild Bill Hickok, and as fast as a horse on the Pony Express. At 6 foot two, Deputy U.S. Marshal […]
David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves. Lauren Smith/Paramount hide caption toggle caption Lauren Smith/Paramount David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves. Lauren Smith/Paramount I really, really wanted to love Paramount+’s new series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Not just because it stars magnetic British actor David Oyelowo, in a series he reportedly worked more than eight years to get made. […]
After bland western prequels to his flagship drama “Yellowstone,” producer Taylor Sheridan finds marginally more fertile territory in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” a series that will devote each season to a different frontier lawman or outlaw. While the pacing still has a hitch in its giddy-up, the subject matter and star, featuring David Oyelowo as the […]
Donald Sutherland as Judge Parker, David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves and Lauren Banks as Jennie Reeves in Lawmen: Bass Reeves.Photo: Lauren Smith/Paramount+ Westerns are one of Hollywood’s most enduring genres, but Black cowboys have never truly gotten their due. Yes, we’ve seen standout Black gunslingers from Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx and Idris Elba, […]
FLINT, MI – The New McCree Theatre’s mission is to tell the African American story in the African American voice. Its executive director, Charles Winfrey, is making sure of that. As the executive director for the past 19 years, Winfrey is responsible for many things at The New McCree Theatre, including writing his own plays. […]
