TAGS cinematical, colin firth, ColinFirth, documentary, film, in prison my whole life, InPrisonMyWholeLife, movies, mumia abu-jamal, MumiaAbu-jamal, rage against the machine, RageAgainstTheMachine, what a girl wants, WhatAGirlWants
CATEGORIES Documentary, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Movie News, Cinematical
What do Colin Firth and Rage Against the Machine have in common? Well, aside from knowing how to rock (What, you didn't see Firth in leather pants in What a Girl Wants?), they also both support Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther who has been in prison for 25 years for allegedly killing being wrongly accused of killing a police officer. Firth is producing a documentary titled In Prison My Whole Life, which focuses on Abu-Jamal. But get this: The doc also concentrates on the life of William Francome, a middle-aged white guy. Turns out Francome was born on the day of the shooting, and since Firth is also a middle-aged white guy, he became a point of entry into the life of the supposed cop-killer. Now does it all make sense? Didn't think so.

All that matters is that Firth has just stepped up on my staircase of favorite actors. And let's hope that Abu-Jamal will be brushing up on his Jane Austen in the event the actor drops in for a visit.