High Flammable Productions announced Tuesday that Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and Robin Roberts’ Rock’n Robin Productions have joined to executive produce the New Orleans documentary king like me.
The film premiered in New Orleans last week and won the opening night film of the 35th New Orleans Film Festival. king like me Zulu Krewea, a Louisiana cultural organization of more than 800 Black people, lost 16 members to COVID-19 after Mardi Gras 2020. “The film explores the impact of the pandemic on this stalwart cultural organization,” according to a press release, “and what this loss tells us about race-related health inequalities in the United States.”
“We are very excited to have Hartbeat and Rock’n Robin Robin join us on this project,” said producer Fisher Stevens. “We are extremely grateful for their support in educating people about the history and importance of black culture during Carnival and helping illuminate the stories of determination, perseverance and community within the Zulu Club.”
The documentary provides a modern portrait of Black brotherhood, leadership and community in the face of a global pandemic, Hurricane Ida, membership loss and gun violence, the press release added. Through research into the origins of the Zulu Club, the documentary highlights the ways black people and black culture have shaped New Orleans and our country.
“I can’t tell you how exciting it was to have the support of Hartbeat and Rock’n Robin on this film,” said director Matthew Henderson, who added that the documentary “celebrates The complexities and nuances of the black American experience.
WME is representing sales for the documentary. Rock’n Robin Productions is repped by xx Hartbeat, repped by WME. Highly Flammable is repped by WME and Gray Schwartz LLP. Fisher is repped by WME, Untitled and Danny Passman.
