Louis Superman,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award at this year’s ceremony. The film tells the story of activist-turned-politician Bruce Franks Jr. Following the killing of Black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, and the months of protest and unrest that followed, Franks felt compelled to step up. As a Black battle rapper with multiple face tattoos, he stood out in Missouri’s overwhelmingly white House of Representatives. “Every community should have a superhero like Bruce,” Khan said.

Source: Huffington Post February 04, 2020 21:00 UTC