John Boyega and 892 Cast and Filmmakers on Why They Wanted to Tell Brian Brown Easley s Story

One of the many films to world premiere at this years Sundance Film Festival was director Abi Damaris Corbins 892. Based on the 2018 story by Aaron Gell entitled Did Brian BrownEasley Have to Die and written by Kwame KweiArmah and Damaris Corbin, 892 tells the story of marine war veteran Brian BrownEasley (played by John Boyega) and what happened to make feel like he had no other options but to walk into a Wells Fargo Bank and say Ive got a bomb. Since I know many of you will see this film, I wont spoil more in this introduction, but you can read Maggie Lovitts review if you d like to learn more now. 892 also stars Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton, Olivia Washington, Jeffrey Donovan, Selenis Leyva, and Michael K. Williams (in his final film role). Producers for the film include Ashley Levinson, Salman AlRashid, Sam Frohman, Kevin Turen, and Mackenzie Fargo. Shortly after seeing the film, I got to speak with Abi Damaris Corbin, Kwame KweiArmah, John Boyega, Connie Britton, Nichole Behari