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“BREAKING” writers and director discuss the importance of ‘being heard’ | INTERVIEW

Starring John Boyega, Nicole Beharie and Selenis Leyva
Directed by Abi Damaris Corbin

On July 3rd, 2017, desperate for help and with seemingly no one taking his complaints of pain seriously, retired Marine Brian Easley walked into an Atlanta-area bank, gently informing a clerk that he had a bomb. He didn’t want to rob the bank, he insisted; he simply wanted the money he felt the VA had denied him for his own care. He also wanted to be heard. Easley phoned both 911 and a local ... more >