{"id":448568,"date":"2019-11-18T03:40:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=448568"},"modified":"2019-11-18T03:40:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:40:02","slug":"actress-lunden-deleon-joins-cast-of-justice-on-trial-black-lives-matter-too-a-film-adaptation-of-broadway-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/actress-lunden-deleon-joins-cast-of-justice-on-trial-black-lives-matter-too-a-film-adaptation-of-broadway-play_448568.html","title":{"rendered":"Actress Lunden De\u2019Leon Joins Cast Of \u2018Justice On Trial: Black Lives Matter, Too\u2019 A Film Adaptation Of Broadway Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;  width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1573855001.jpeg\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"Actress Lunden De\u2019Leon Joins Cast Of \u2018Justice On Trial: Black Lives Matter, Too\u2019 A Film Adaptation Of Broadway Play\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1573855001.jpeg\" alt=\"Actress Lunden De\u2019Leon Joins Cast Of \u2018Justice On Trial: Black Lives Matter, Too\u2019 A Film Adaptation Of Broadway Play\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>Atlanta, GA &#8211;<\/strong> It was announced today that Lunden De&rsquo;Leon (Sweet Home Carolina, Pure Justice) has joined the cast of &ldquo;Justice on Trial: Black Lives Matter, Too&rdquo; opposite Dorien Wilson (The Parkers, You Got Served).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Written by Chad Cooper Lawson (Madea Goes to Jail) the film is a Broadway adaptation centering around a civil rights attorney suing the US Justice Department for reparations for Black Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>De&rsquo;Leon will portray the role of Mamie Till, mother of Emmett Till.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Justice on Trial&rdquo; is produced by Mann Robinson Productions (Turnt, A Love to Die For) and will begin shooting later this month in Macon, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>De&rsquo;Leon was recently nominated &ldquo;Best Leading Actress&rdquo; for her role in the film &ldquo;Pure Justice&rdquo;. Her credits include &ldquo;We&rsquo;re the Millers&rdquo;, &ldquo;Payne&rdquo;, &ldquo;Somebody&rsquo;s Child&rdquo; and &ldquo;Sweet Home Carolina just to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span>Best known for her role as Joanne Mbutu on the hit television series &#8220;Vital Signs&#8221;, De&rsquo;Leon has starred and co-starred in over 50 movies and television shows including the drama &ldquo;Pure Justice&rdquo; where she received a &ldquo;Best Leading Actress&rdquo; nomination. De&rsquo;Leon&rsquo;s credits include the television thriller &#8220;Broken Halos&#8221;, the blockbuster hit comedy &ldquo;We&#8217;re the Millers&#8221;, &#8220;Sweet Home Carolina&#8221;, &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s Child&#8221;, &#8220;Faux Pas&#8221;, &#8220;Cryptz&#8221;, &#8220;The Lake House&#8221; &ldquo;Payne&rdquo; and &#8220;12 Dog Days Till Christmas&#8221; just to name a few.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span>For more information, visit:<\/span><\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.LundenDeLeon.net\" target=\"_blank\"><span>www.LundenDeLeon.net<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/LundenDeLeon.net_52439.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Celebrity Brand Management<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Joan Bernstein<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=actress-lunden-deleon-joins-cast-of-justice-on-trial-black-lives-matter-too-a-film-adaptation-of-broadway-play\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LundenDeLeon.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.LundenDeLeon.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"http:\/\/www.LundenDeLeon.net\" style=\"width:900px; height:400px;\"><\/object><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=actress-lunden-deleon-joins-cast-of-justice-on-trial-black-lives-matter-too-a-film-adaptation-of-broadway-play\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, GA &#8211; It was announced today that Lunden De&rsquo;Leon (Sweet Home Carolina, Pure Justice) has joined the cast of &ldquo;Justice on Trial: Black Lives Matter, Too&rdquo; opposite Dorien Wilson (The Parkers, You Got Served). Written by Chad Cooper Lawson &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/actress-lunden-deleon-joins-cast-of-justice-on-trial-black-lives-matter-too-a-film-adaptation-of-broadway-play_448568.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433,401,454,417,443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Arts-Entertainment","category-Business","category-Celebrity","category-Marketing-Sales","category-Website-Blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}