Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of Fruitvale Station
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Nneka Samuel
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Co-Executive Producer
She was not involved in the film early on in the process, but Octavia Spencer ended up becoming a co-executive producer midway through filming after a lot of the film’s funding fell through. Spencer made some calls to friends who provided money, and also pitched in her own money to help get past that hurdle. That’s when producers Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker offered her the co-EP credit.
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