New Documentary 'Bo Legs' Profiles Marvin Arrington Sr., One of Atlanta's Unsung Heroes
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Monday, January 23, 2023
The documentary film features a stellar lineup of influential Atlanta leaders helping to narrate Arrington's impactful story over the past four decades. Such notable figures include: Ambassador Andrew Young, Mayor Shirley Franklin, Governor Roy Barnes, Federal Judge Clarence Cooper, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, TV News Anchor Monica Kaufman Pearson, and Mayor Kasim Reed. Bo Legs appeared in six film festivals--premiering at the Bronze Lens Film Festival--and ran for six months on Delta Air Lines' In-Flight Entertainment. It is now available for streaming on Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and Amazon Prime Video.
Key Points:
- The film was produced by independent filmmakers based in Atlanta led by Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr. and his SWATS Enterprises company.
- Born in Atlanta in the 1940s, then a segregated, provincial town during Jim Crow, Marvin Arrington, Sr. grew up to help galvanize the city of his birth into the international, cosmopolitan metropolis that it is today.
- The documentary, Bo Legs , takes viewers on the journey of one man's love for a city and his visionary work for the city's eventual transformation.
- After integrating his law school Marvin Arrington, Sr. served as the longest-running city council president in Atlanta's history.