Viola Davis and Julia Roberts are to star in a brand new drama.
The courtroom drama is named ‘Small Great Things’ and tells the story of an African-American delivery nurse who is horrified when she learns that a family doesn’t want her to touch their child.
Why?
They’re white supremacists.
The hospital agrees with their request and penalises her when she disobeys their wishes by saving the child’s life when it goes into cardiac arrest.
This is when the drama begins.
Davis will play Ruth Jefferson; and Roberts will play the public defender who takes her case in a film that will tackle race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion.
A screenwriter is currently being sought to adapt the novel, with the project set up at DreamWorks Pictures with Marc Platt’s production shingle producing.
A premiere is yet to be set.