You know Lupita Nyong’o from her roles in 12 Years a Slave, The Force Awakens, and most prominently in Black Panther. Her next project is producing a film based on the book Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. Noah is the South African standup comic who took over as host of The Daily Show when Jon Stewart retired. Nyong’o will also have a starring role.
The movie has a lot to with apartheid as it was viewed in South Africa and will be seeing her take on the role of Patricia Nombuyiselo, the mother of Trevor Noah and one of the strongest women that’s ever been detailed in a book or a movie. The story goes that Trevor was born of a white man and a black woman, which was serious crime in South Africa when he was born. As apartheid didn’t end until 1990-91 and Noah was born in 1984, this created a lot of potential problems for Patricia and her son. Added to that was the fact that Noah’s stepfather was very abusive, which only made matters worse.
That may sound thoroughly depressing, but listen to how Noah relates the story in his standup routine. Read more about the upcoming Born a Crime at TVOM.
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