The following black experience-related film and stage projects proposed by black entertainers were mentioned in the press but so far they have not been made:
1. Spike Lee (director)--A biopic about the 1938 boxing rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling; A film adaptation of Porgy and Bess.
2. Barry Jenkins (director)--A biopic about the choreographer Alvin Ailey.
3. Jon Batiste (musician/composer)--A Broadway musical based on the life of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
4. Alicia Keys (singer/pianist)--A biopic about the biracial piano prodigy Philippa Schuyler, whose father was the Harlem Renaissance writer and critic George Schuyler.
5. Jesse L. Martin (actor)--A biopic about the R & B singer Marvin Gaye.
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