Jay Z begins production on two film projects about Trayvon Martin

Rapper and business mogul Jay Z has begun working on two film projects that focus on the life of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in 2012.

Working with Weinstein CO., Jay Z says he has both a feature length film and a six-part docu-series in the works, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Two books, Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice Why We Continue to Repeat It and Rest in Power: The enduring Life of Trayvon Martin will act as the basis of the films.

Rest in Power was co-written by his parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, both of whom have recently declared interest in entering the political realm.  

No release dates have been announced for either project.

This article appears in Mar 22-28, 2017.