Carl Lumbly has been cast to star in the lead role of independent feature
Nujoma: Where Others Wavered, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The project, also starring Danny Glover, will be written and directed by Charles Burnett. It is based on the autobiography of Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia and former president of the South West African People's Organization.
Lumbly will play Nujoma, a role that spans his early 20s to his late 60s. The film reunites Lumbly, Glover and Burnett, who worked together on 1990's 'To Sleep With Anger'.