By Amy Renner Feb. 27, 2021
1 – 8 of 8 movies
Jimi
Set during the last nine days of musician, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix's life.
Josephine Baker's Last ...
During the Jazz Age, Josephine Baker rises from the slums of St. Louis to become the toast of Europe. She also is an undercover agent for the French resistance during World War II and later in life becomes a civil rights activist. She is the only woman to stand alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and speak at the 1963 March on Washington.
Jack Johnson Biopic
A biopic on boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion.
Joe Namath Movie
The movie will follow the quarterback's career from Bear Bryant's football program at the University of Alabama to the New York Jets of the NFL to his guarantee that his Jet would defeat the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. All this while Broadway Joe battled knee problems so bad that he was actually denied entry into the Vietnam War. Of course, he went on to win the Super Bowl and become a cultural icon.
John Belushi Project
A biopic about the "Saturday Night Live" cast member and film star who died of a drug overdose in 1982 at age 33.
Joe Louis Project
Boxer Joe Louis becomes a symbolic figure in boxing during early global tensions leading to World War II.