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Leonardo DiCaprio looking to star in real life tale of Jim Crow south

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | 5:26 AM

Beth Macy’s Truevine tells the story of albino black boys displayed as circus freaks in racially segregated Virginia, and DiCaprio’s production company is negotiating rights to the book

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly looking to produce and star in a film about two young black brothers in the racially segregated southern US who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks.

The boys appeared as monstrous performers such as 'sheep-headed cannibals' or 'ambassadors from Mars'

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