Mario Van Peebles Directing Yellow Wood
When I was a kid, I was a fan of Mario Van Peebles. Maybe it was because he starred with Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge. Or maybe it was because he directed New Jack City. Looking back now, I don’t really remember why.
Van Peebles has signed to direct Yellow Wood. In the mystery/thriller a woman is haunted by the long-ago murder of her older sister. Working with a radical researcher, she travels deep into her dreamscape and is able to relive and change the past, but things don’t work out as planned. Van Peebles will also take a role in the film.
After the success of his Baadasssss! (an homage to his pioneering filmmaker father, Melvin), Van Peebles had a number of scripts to choose from. He chose Yellow Wood because of its spiritual themes. “It was something that I had been researching,” he said. “I had spent time in India. I’ve gotten to study spirituality with different folks, and I was interested in the concept of reincarnation and parallel lives, our perception of God and self. It was an area that I wanted to explore more, and this was an interesting venue. I’m attracted to art that makes us think.”
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