Ridley turns a horrific true story involving Hurricane Katrina into a scripted drama The Apple TV+ series Five Days at Memorial explores a terrible question: How did 45 patients die at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina? A MARTINEZ, HOST: How 45 patients died in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina is the true story that inspired the …
The coronavirus crisis has turned all of Hollywood upside down, and the hoped-for return to even a small degree of normalcy remains uncertain. “I really want people to feel things, to reexamine the world around them,” says John Ridley, creator of ABC’s “American Crime” and an Oscar winner for “12 Years a Slave.” John Ridley, Oscar-winning screenwriter of “12 Years …
