The Water Dancer

In the pre–Civil War South, Hiram Walker, born into slavery, who lost his mother as a child and over time loses all memory of her. As a young man, Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but he’s saved from the depths by a mysterious power he never realized he had and struggles to understand.

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Nia DaCosta to Direct Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'The Water Dancer'

Coates wrote the script based on his book of the same name, and Plan B and Harpo Films are producing