Too Opinionated Interview: Lynne Stoltz

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 10:03 p.m.

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Today on Too Opinionated, we sit down with Author and Screenwriter Lynne Stoltz about her new project.\\xa0

\\u201cSons 2 The Grave\\u201d filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, tells the story of basketball\\xa0phenom, Marcus Jennings. With one foot in Hudson and one in the NBA,\\xa0Marcus is taken out. After midnight on a footbridge that separates the million-dollar homes of the rich, famous and the politically connected from subsidized
housing, Marcus Jennings is shot twice in the head. A message sent to the\\xa0community. A code of silence remains in place, fostering a common element\\xa0that binds this community, fear and the currency of payback will always be\\xa0bloodshed. We are our brother\\u2019s keeper is just a slogan in Hudson.

Ruth Jennings moved to Hudson for her son, his school regularly visited by scouts. A strong, hardworking single mother, she thought she could protect her child against all odds & choices, but Marcus found it hard to fight off his new surroundings and mislaid loyalties. Marcus thought he was in control. A boy living in a man\\u2019s body, living up to his and others exaggerated egos. He attracted the attention of scouts, agents, and Division 1 NCAA schools in the US, a pitstop before the NBA. Marcus also attracted the attention of RD. RD controlled Hudson and worked for those who controlled him. In the end it was what they all had in common that ended Marcus\\u2019s life\\u2026fear. Fear of staying, fear of leaving and fear of appearing weak. Murder is a sin. There is no justification\\u2026
but there is understanding.\\xa0\\u201cWe\\u2019re born sons and we die sons. Somewhere in between is the story.\\u201d Ruth\\xa0Jennings believes God sees all. There is nowhere to run and nowhere to\\xa0hide. But for now, there is Hudson. \\u201cSons 2 The Grave\\u201d tells that story.

Have Faith Productions is currently preparing for a television series, \\u201cHudson\\u201d\\xa0inspired by the film, with music from Hip hop/ R&B royalty. The episodes will echo a line from the movie, \\u201cThis Ain\\u2019t No Fairy Tale\\u2026 This Is Hudson.\\u201d
The episodes will take you into the heart of the city from upscale streets to back\\xa0alleys, social status not always pre-determining who turns up where. HUDSON\\xa0captures the politics and the temperament of the city in raw and truthful episodes.\\xa0As producers and writers, we need to tell the stories that hold us accountable to\\xa0the reality of the truth, not just what feels comfortable. The police drama takes
you inside the 34th precinct, it\\u2019s heartbeat sometimes on life support. The\\xa0officers and detectives like the rest of us are flawed. Most conceal their personal\\xa0fears and demons, visiting them on their own terms, not letting them take over.\\xa0But there is a point when some officers break, or yes, come broken to the job. Their safety net, stretched as it is, an eager young pastor assigned to the\\xa0precinct, who\\u2019s faith is fully intact, a seasoned but weary shrink whose faith has\\xa0long been scarred and a Captain who makes the hard decisions whatever side of\\xa0the blue line they fall on.
\\u201cHUDSON\\u201d deals with relationships that run as high up the ladder as City\\xa0Hall. Mayor Ron Langston came from the wrong side of the bridge to take office,\\xa0a move some say is merely geography. His loyalty to popular club owner/entrepreneur and childhood friend, Quincy \\u201cQ\\u201d Harris, a man comfortable on both\\xa0sides of the bridge, is a source of constant concern for his supporters. HFP looks
forward to the next leg of the journey.

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