"Love story? Absolutely. High stakes? Absolutely. Real history? Yes, of course."
-- Mark Spates Smith
Once largely forgotten in local history, the three Black freemen credited with founding Melbourne's predecessor community shortly after the Civil War will be showcased on the silver screen in the upcoming movie "Crane Creek."
And — though few details are known about these emancipated slaves' lives — moviegoers may detect creative parallels with the 1989 Academy Award-winning Civil War drama starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, the producer said.
"This is 'Glory' in the swamplands of Florida," said Mark Spates Smith, executive producer and writer of "Crane Creek."
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