Anthony Mackie to make directorial debut on Spark
Anthony Mackie will make his directorial debut on 'Spark'. The 43-year-old star has tapped 'King Richard' actress Saniyya Sidney to play Claudette Colvin, an unsung hero of the Civil Rights era. Colvin was just 15 when she bravely stood up to racism as she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a crowded segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident occurred nine months before Rosa Parks became an icon of the Civil Rights movement for doing the same thing. Colvin was initially embraced by Civil Rights leaders for her courage, but was brushed out of history when those same leade...