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Kevin Willmott: ‘The 24th’

Kevin Willmott: ‘The 24th’

The Treatment · KCRW

September 15, 202030m 1s

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<p><span> </span><span>This week, </span><span>Elvis Mitchell sits down with Oscar-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott to talk about his newest film, which he also directed, ‘The 24th.’ The film is about the Houston Riot of 1917 in which members of the all-Black 24th United States Infantry Regiment rebelled against the abusive Houston police. Willmott won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay of ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ which he co-wrote with Spike Lee. </span></p>