We know Giancarlo Esposito from a range of Spike Lee films. Then he struck fear in us all as Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. Then he took a turn as Tom Neville in Revolution. Now he will be take on the role of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Esposito will star in, direct, and produce Patriotic Treason. Based on Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America by Evan Carton, the film is about the abolitionist John Brown, who is known for his slave revolt attempt that was one of the key events leading up to the Civil War.
Patriotic Treason is expected to start filming in early summer.
