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07-28-2016, 05:19 PM
'The Land' director talks working with Nas and Erykah Badu to tell an untold story of Cleveland
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While filming The Land, a movie about four young skateboarders in Cleveland who end up dealing *****, director Steven Caple Jr. didn't want to cut any corners.*
The director, who grew up near downtown Cleveland, was sure to shoot only in the city's roughest neighborhoods.*
"I wanted it to be as authentic as possible," he told Mashable. "So we shot in tough neighborhoods — really tough neighborhoods."*
So tough, in fact, that the cast and crew would often hear gunshots mere feet away from the set. They were forced to shut down one shoot at a festival when someone shot live rounds into the air. And as they were leaving, one festival goer was shot.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/the-land-director-steven-caple-jr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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While filming The Land, a movie about four young skateboarders in Cleveland who end up dealing *****, director Steven Caple Jr. didn't want to cut any corners.*
The director, who grew up near downtown Cleveland, was sure to shoot only in the city's roughest neighborhoods.*
"I wanted it to be as authentic as possible," he told Mashable. "So we shot in tough neighborhoods — really tough neighborhoods."*
So tough, in fact, that the cast and crew would often hear gunshots mere feet away from the set. They were forced to shut down one shoot at a festival when someone shot live rounds into the air. And as they were leaving, one festival goer was shot.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/the-land-director-steven-caple-jr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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