Lawrence-based, Oscar-winning director Kevin Willmott and KCUR's C.J. Janovy and Sam Zeff discuss the making of the documentary "No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas."09-Jun-2020 ... KU professor Kevin Willmott discusses activism in his work as the Academy Award winner reflects on his life in Kansas.EXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park Entertainment Group has won rights to the latest memoir by BlacKkKlansman author Ron Stallworth, From BlackKklansman to Hip Hop Cop, a project which will see that work back in ...KU professor Kevin Willmott shared moments from his extensive career and his life in Kansas at “In Conversation with Kevin Willmott” on Sept. 11 at the Dole Institute of Politics. More informationKevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an American film director and screenwriter, as well as a professor of film at the University of Kansas. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A. The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. HisMitch Brian, associate teaching professor at UMKC, is Kevin Willmott's former screenwriting partner. Brian was recently interviewed by the Kansas City Star about Willmott's latest film and going to the movie theater. Learn more about College of Arts and Sciences.Academy Award winner Kevin Willmott to speak Aug. 28 in Topeka at an event marking 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.Director Spike Lee and his co-screenwriters Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott adapt a tale of deception based on some "fo' real, fo' real sh*t" that was first covered in Ron Stallworth's 2014 memoir. Stallworth was a Black Colorado Springs police officer who successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, going so far as ...No Place Like Home: Directed by Kevin Willmott. With Melissa Etheridge. Directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willmott, No Place Like Home takes you on a tour of a deep red state, to meet people who have found …BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical black comedy-drama film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee, loosely based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace.Kevin Willmott, wearing a plasticky and fake spacesuit, having left the greyscale world of the past, looking around at the future, which is filmed in normal color. "it's colored." also love the cityscape shot of mid 2010s Kansas City. Review by tanner_dykstra ★★½ .No Place Like Home: Directed by Kevin Willmott. With Melissa Etheridge. Directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willmott, No Place Like Home takes you on a tour of a deep red state, to meet people who have found themselves in a battle for LGBTQ rights in the most unlikely places.The Confederate States of America is made by Kevin Willmott, an African-American who has been active in civil rights issues and holds a professorship in Film Studies at Kansas University. Willmott made his directorial debut with Ninth Street (1999), a film about a Kansas street block over the decades, and went onto reasonable acclaim with C.S.AFlint Hills (Junction City) native and Academy Award winner Kevin Willmott became famous for the movies he has written with Spike Lee ("CHI RAQ", "Da 5 Bloods" and "BlacKkKlansman"). But film buffs nationally and internationally have heaped praise on him since the 2004 release of his "C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America."CSA: Confederate States of America. Presented as a mockumentary, this film - through the use of fabricated movie segments and actual footage, attempts to sheds light on what America would be like if the South won the Civil War. 793 IMDb 6.4 1 h 29 min 2004. X-Ray 18+. Comedy · Arthouse · Bleak · Cerebral.Kevin Willmott CBS News "I mean they've got a gun on 'em now, a secret gun, that I don't know that they have," Willmott said. "I can't ask if they have one, and they can't tell me if they have oneHodcarrier Films is Kevin Willmott's film production company, located in Lawrence, Kansas, USA.On Thursday evening, Kevin Willmott, Oscar-winning screenwriter and professor of film at the University of Kansas shared his personal background and the events leading up to his work on …Kevin Willmott - Awards - IMDb - Awards, nominations, and wins. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. TV Shows.Academy award winner Kevin Willmott, the creator of From Separate to Equal: The Creation of Truman Medical Center, discusses the groundbreaking documentary as it relates today in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the historical health inequities that persist in the U.S. Willmott is an Academy Award and Bafta Award winning screenwriter and filmmaker who has written and directed several feature ...In Jim Crow America, civil rights leaders plan a mission to colonize Mars only to travel through a wormhole to present day where racism still exists. StarringTosin Morohunfola Danielle Cooper Kevin Willmott. Directed byKevin Willmott.CSA: Confederate States of America: Professor Kevin Willmott has created an irresistible mock documentary that depicts what might have happened had the South won the Civil War. This is a caustic ...Niven starred as legendary University of Kansas basketball coach Phog Allen in Jayhawkers (2014), written and directed by Kevin Willmott, a University of Kansas professor and recent Oscar ...Jun 29, 2015 · C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a 2004 mockumentary directed by Kevin Willmott. It's a fictional tongue-in-cheek account of an alternate history... Kevin Willmott, a graduate of Marymount College, won an Oscar as co-writer of the Spike Lee film "BlacKkKlansman," and is scheduled to be speak at the Salina Art Center Cinema Thursday after the ...09-Mar-2023 ... Excellence: 8 Fights” is being executive produced by Regé-Jean Page, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Willmott. Peacock is developing an eight-part ...Kevin Willmott, CJ Janovy, author for "No Place Like Home, "Lessons in Activism from LGBTQ Kansas," and which Kevin's film is based on. And Luc Bensimon, activist for Black Trans Advocacy Coalition.1. The best result we found for your search is Kevin John Willmott age 40s in Webster, NY. They have also lived in Rochester, NY and Cortland, NY. Kevin is related to Danielle A Schroeder and Donald G Willmott as well as 2 additional people. Select this result to view Kevin John Willmott's phone number, address, and more. 2.Directed and cowritten by Lee, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, and frequent Lee collaborator Kevin Willmott, Lee's new film, Da 5 Bloods (out today on Netflix), features five Black American Vietnam ...Best adapted screenplay: BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott. Best director: Roma – Alfonso Cuarón. EE Rising Star award ...No Place Like Home: Directed by Kevin Willmott. With Melissa Etheridge. Directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willmott, No Place Like Home takes you on a tour of a deep red state, to meet people who have found themselves in a battle for LGBTQ rights in the most unlikely places.The story was initially crafted by Los Angeles screenwriter Danny Bilson and his late partner Paul DeMeo and developed by Oliver Stone before making its way to Lee about three years ago. Lee then teamed up with writing partner Kevin Willmott to re-shape the dramatic thriller for African American characters played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters ...Directed by renowned independent filmmaker Kevin Willmott and narrated by acclaimed broadcast journalist Bill Kurtis, the film: William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas, offers a modern perspective about one of America's most illustrious figures. William Allen White, a journalistic giant who advised presidents and world leaders, befriended the greatest thinkers of his time, and ...Arts News: Kevin Willmott Tackles LGBTQ+ Struggles in New Film. Recent months have seen a spate of showings of Kevin Willmott’s 2022 documentary, “No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas,” examining the pervasive challenges that LGTBQ+ people encounter in the state at a time when challenges to and repression of …Immediately, Willmott thought about the epidemic of lynching that pervaded the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. So he wrote a scene in which the Klan ceremony is intercut with a sequence in which a black activist — played in the film by civil rights icon Harry Belafonte — visits the local black student union, and shares his experience witnessing the real-life lynching of ...Da 5 Bloods. Screenplay by Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee. Da 5 Bloods. Screenplay by Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo ...Segment 1: Kevin Willmott delivers his acceptance speech. Kevin Willmott won an Oscar for BlacKkKlansman in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay. But…The film’s director, Kevin Willmott, partnered with Byers to co-write the Jim Crow-era drama. The 24 th centers around the all-Black 24 th United States Infantry Regiment during the Houston Riot ...22-Dec-2021 ... There are two sides to Kevin Willmott. One writes films, wins Oscars, and works with Hollywood superstars like Spike Lee and John David ...Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.:KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Kevin Willmott, the Academy Award winning screenwriter from Lawrence, Kansas, will be the featured speaker this year at the annual Writers for Readers dinner at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.. Willmott will discuss his screenwriting and filmmaking career, including his work on "BlacKkKlansman" and other collaborations with director Spike Lee, with local ...Presentation clip for Free State Festival's "An Evening of Oscars" Oscar Micheaux/Kevin Willmott celebration. Interview footage courtesy of Chris Snipes' pro...This film offers a modern perspective about one of America’s most illustrious figures. More More. Directed by renowned independent filmmaker Kevin Willmott and narrated by acclaimed broadcast ...BlacKkKlansman: Directed by Spike Lee. With Alec Baldwin, John David Washington, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Robert John Burke. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.Over a decade ago, Kevin Garnett was the highest-paid player during the 2008-2009 NBA season, earning roughly $24.8 million. These days, that figure seems like a drop in the bucket.BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical black comedy-drama film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee, loosely based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace.University of Kansas Professor Kevin Willmott takes home Oscar for best adapted screen play. By: Melissa Greenstein. Posted at 5:59 AM, Feb 25, 2019 . and last updated 2019-02-25 07:13:11-05.Rather than add his voice to the chorus trying to explain how we got here, Mr. Lee (who shares screenwriting credit with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott) muses that we might ...His collaborators Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott were also honored. In total, it was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture , Best Director, and Best Original Score.The Only Good Indian (2009), directed by Kevin Willmott, with screen-play by Thomas Carmody, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and was awarded honors at the American Indian Film Festival that same year.9 It follows the experience of a young Kickapoo boy forcibly taken from his parentsPastor Kevin Willmott Since May of 2000, Kevin has been the pastor of Dogwood Hills Baptist Church where he and his late wife Shelia have served this community of believers faithfully. God blessed the two of them with two children, Dustin and Brittany, who are now grown and raising Kevin and Shelia's six grandkids in the Palestine area.Kevin Willmott is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good Indian was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced …Academy Award winner Kevin Willmott, left, a native of Junction City, greeted his childhood friend, Pev Stevens as Pamela Johnson-Betts looked on Monday during an event at which Willmott spoke celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther …Nov 8, 2019 · Filmmaker and screenwriter Kevin Willmott was born on August 31, 1958 in Junction City, Kansas. After he attended Junction City High School and St. Xavier Catholic High School, Willmott received his B.A. degree in drama from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas in 1981. Feb 25, 2019 · LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas professor Kevin Willmott is an Oscar winner. Willmott won the award for best adapted screenplay Sunday night for his contribution to the film "BlacKkKlansman." He and two other writers co-wrote the film with Spike Lee. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Willmott is the second Oscar winner connected to the university. Spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb ... On Thursday evening, Kevin Willmott, Oscar-winning screenwriter and professor of film at the University of Kansas shared his personal background and the events leading up to his work on …May 31, 2023 · Kevin Willmott, CJ Janovy, author for "No Place Like Home, "Lessons in Activism from LGBTQ Kansas," and which Kevin's film is based on. And Luc Bensimon, activist for Black Trans Advocacy Coalition. Rewatch, felt like checking it out again due to Recent Events. I love the conceit of this movie, which imagines what America would be like today if the South had won the Civil War, but does it in a heavily mediated way, presented as a night of television in the modern Confederacy, airing a controversial British documentary about the Confederate States Of America in the style of a Ken Burns ...Kevin Willmott is a professor of film & media at KU who recently won critical acclaim after working as a writer on the movie "BlacKkKlansman" and winning the 2019 Oscar for Best Adapted ...Kevin Willmott, professor of film and media studies, collaborated with film director Spike Lee to create the award-winning film "BlacKkKlansman." Willmott says the film is intended to highlight ...The 24th is an American historical drama film co-written and directed by Kevin Willmott. The film stars Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae, Tosin Morohunfola, Mykelti Williamson, and Thomas Haden Church. It tells the true story of the Houston riot of 1917. Director Kevin Willmott said it was a photo of Big Brutus on the Kansas Film Commission Web site that drew him to Cherokee County. The giant shovel will be in the background of scenes to be shot ...Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate States Of America, about America, had the South won the Civil War. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, IFC Films purchased the film for domestic theatrical distribution. CSA was released theatrically in the U.S. by IFC and was distributed in ...Winner: BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, (Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty) A Star Is Born, (Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric ...Contact Tim Hrenchir at [email protected] or 785-213-5934. Academy Award winner Kevin Willmott to speak Aug. 28 in Topeka at an event marking 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a ...Professor Kevin Willmott won Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on "BlacKkKlansman" along with his three co-writers Spike Lee, Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz.Bunker Hill. 2008, Drama/Western, 1h 43m. --. Tomatometer 1 Reviews. --. Audience Score. Want to see. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email.It was directed by Lee, and written by Lee, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott. It's based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth. The movie stars John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, Jasper Paakkone, Ryan Eggold and Michael Buscemi. It was also co-produced by Jordan Peele.For this installment, Kevin Willmott, co-writer of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, discusses the movie’s climactic confrontation, which involves detective Ron Stallworth (John David Washington ...04-Jun-2019 ... 'BlackKklansman' Oscar Winner Kevin Willmott To Direct 'The 24th', Drama On 1917 Houston Riot And Aftermath. Co-wrriten by Trai Byers, Byers ...Filmmaker Kevin Willmott offers a bitter, revisionist look at the conventions of the traditional western in this powerful drama. Nachwihiata (Winter Fox Frank) is a teenaged Native American boy growing up on a farm in Kansas in the early 1900's.Jul 16, 2020 · Richard Brody reviews Kevin Willmott’s 2014 historical drama about Chamberlain’s years as a basketball star at the University of Kansas, when he also became an unofficial civil-rights leader. MATFIELD GREEN — “William Allen White embodies everything great about Kansas,” Kevin Willmott declared. The screening of his documentary, “William Allen White: What’s the Matter with ...With local entertainer Kevin Willmott II opening, the two described how love, injustice, mental illness and mortality affect our everyday lives and interactions. The High Noon Saloon is a honkytonk-style bar located a few blocks behind the Capitol. With two floors of seating and a large wooden stage, the venue has entertained audiences with ...Mar 9, 2023 · An eight-part event series about boxing icon Muhammad Ali is in the works at Peacock from Regé-Jean Page, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Willmott, Variety has confirmed. Titled “Excellence: 8 Fights ... Eric Adler: 816-234-4431, @eadler. Director and film professor Kevin Willmott is teaching in a bulletproof vest to protest a law allowing concealed weapons at the University of Kansas.Kevin Willmott, Writer: BlacKkKlansman. Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate States Of America, about America, had the South won the Civil War. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, IFC Films purchased the film for domestic theatrical distribution. CSA was released theatrically in the U.S. by IFC and was distributed in ...Writer-director Kevin Willmott. Producer Rick Cowan. Cinematographer Matthew Jacobson. Editors Sean Blake, David Gramly. Running time: 1 hour, 29 minutes.Directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willmott, No Place Like Home takes you on a tour of a deep red state, to meet people who have found themselves in a battle for LGBTQ rights in the most unlikely places. In places like rural Trego County, Salina and Topeka, you'll meet some of the people C.J. Janovy profiles in her book No Place Like Home: Lessons ...Kevin Willmott II will become Otis on stage at the Majestic with Don’t Mess with Cupid Dec. 7. “The 50th anniversary was our target,” he says. “The 50th anniversary was our target,” he says.Kevin Willmott was in town to celebrate Black History Month at CSU Monterey Bay, and his visit concluded with a masterclass in screenwriting on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 at theWinner: BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, (Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty) A Star Is Born, (Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric ...Published June 29, 2023 at 11:38 AM CDT. Listen • 19:30. Week of June 18, 2023: It's a conversation with Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott and author CJ Janovy about "No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas." The film, based on CJ Janovy, will be featured July 1st at the Free State Festival in Lawrence.KU professor Kevin Willmott and filmmaker, Spike Lee, discussed Lee's film "Da 5 Bloods" and his career with film students in a Zoom call last Friday.Kevin Bats Man. Kevin Davies. Kevin Ruiz. More. Kevin Willmott is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Kevin Willmott and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. September 4, 2017 at 9:54 a.m. EDT. Kevin Willmott (Savanna Smith/University Daily Kansan) When Kevin Willmott stepped into a University of Kansas classroom wearing a bulletproof vest, his ..."Da Five Bloods" focuses on the journey of five Black veterans. Though they returned home from the war with their lives, they were met with discrimination and racism.Kevin Willmott can speak with authority on this matter because he has unearthed another previous incident with his new film, The 24th, which he co-wrote and directed.The movie, which opened last week, depicts the 1917 Houston riot, or Houston mutiny, when 100 Black soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division marched through the city streets, resulting in the death of 15 white people and four of ...Directed by renowned independent filmmaker Kevin Willmott and narrated by acclaimed broadcast journalist Bill Kurtis, the film: William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas, offers a modern perspective about one of America's most illustrious figures. William Allen White, a journalistic giant who advised presidents and world leaders, befriended the greatest thinkers of his time, and ...Filmmakers with No Place Like Home talk at Tallgrass including Oscar winner Kevin WillmottWriter-director Kevin Willmott once saw a photograph of the men of the 24th surrounded by white soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets. It was captioned “The largest murder trial in American ...14-Mar-2019 ... Congratulations to DDW alumnus Kevin Willmott on his OSCAR win in the catagory Best Adapted Screenplay for his movie 'BlacKkKlansman'!
KU professor of Film & Media Studies Kevin Willmott has had a busy awards season. As a co-writer on Spike Lee's newest film, "BlacKkKlansman," Willmott has received numerous industry award nominations for his work on the script.. Amazon gazebos for sale
Join Austin Film Festival on Wednesday, August 9th at the Agard-Lovinggood Auditorium on the campus of Huston-Tillotson University for a conversation with Kevin Willmott. Willmott, whose will be speaking about balancing messages of social justice with entertainment, working with famed director Spike Lee, and writing BlacKkKlansman , Destination ...Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing …Aug 21, 2020 · Writer-director Kevin Willmott once saw a photograph of the men of the 24th surrounded by white soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets. It was captioned “The largest murder trial in American ... Regé-Jean Page, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Willmott are developing a series focusing on Muhammad Ali for Peacock. Reportedly entitled Excellence: 8 Fights, the show will feature a total of eight ...MLK Jr. seen 'Becoming Martin'Learn about the life and career of Kevin Willmott, a versatile filmmaker who has written and directed films such as C.S.A., The Only Good Indian, and BlacKkKlansman. Find out his awards, trivia, filmography, and contact …Feb 25, 2019 · LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas professor Kevin Willmott is an Oscar winner. Willmott won the award for best adapted screenplay Sunday night for his contribution to the film "BlacKkKlansman." He and two other writers co-wrote the film with Spike Lee. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Willmott is the second Oscar winner connected to the university. Spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb ... An eight-part event series about boxing icon Muhammad Ali is in the works at Peacock from Regé-Jean Page, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Willmott. https://bit.ly/3JpZuIp 09 Mar 2023 01:19:51Kevin Willmott is a professor of film & media at KU who recently won critical acclaim after working as a writer on the movie “BlacKkKlansman” and winning the 2019 Oscar for Best Adapted ...26-Jan-2021 ... Director Spike Lee discusses his new film, Da 5 Bloods, with fellow director Kevin Willmott in a spoiler-filled virtual Q&A.The Confederate States of America is a 2004 American mockumentary written and directed by Kevin Willmott. It is an account of an alternate history, wherein the Confederacy wins the American Civil War and establishes a new Confederate States of America that incorporates the majority of the Western Hemisphere, including the former contiguous ...Zu guter Letzt wurde das Script noch einmal von Kevin Willmott ("Bunker Hill"), seines Zeichens Regisseur, Schriftsteller und Professor für Film an der University von Kansas, überarbeitet. Willmott ist dafür bekannt, dass sich seine Arbeiten primär auf die afroamerikanische Geschichte und deren Probleme beziehen - der gute Mann weiß, wovon ...Kevin Willmott grew up in Junction City, Kansas and received his BA in Drama from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas. After graduation, he returned home and worked as a peace and civil rights ...Kevin Willmott took home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman on Sunday night. The film was made with director Spike Lee about the first African American detective to join one ...Kevin Willmott composed and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate State governments Of America, approximately America, had the South won the Civil Battle. Following its premiere on the Sundance Film Celebration, IFC Films bought the film for local theatrical distribution. CSA premiered theatrically in the U.S. by IFC and was distributed in a …CSA: Confederate States of America. Through the use of fabricated movie segments, old government information films, TV commercials, newsbreaks, along with actual stock footage from our own history, a provocative and humorous story is told of a country, which, in many ways, frighteningly follows a parallel with our own.Jayhawkers (film) Jayhawkers. (film) Jayhawkers is a 2014 American sports drama/biographical film directed by Kevin Willmott, following the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen, and the 1956-57 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Former Kansas basketball player Scot Pollard portrays B. H. Born in the film.Kevin Willmott, The Power of Film, photo by Doug Barrett Growing up in Junction City, Kansas, a town of around 20,000 people in the 1960s and ’70s, Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas (KU) Kevin Willmott quickly fell in love with movies..