Jay Z Working on Trayvon Martin Film, Documentary Series

Jay Z is working on a series of film and television projects based around Trayvon Martin.

Variety reports that the superstar rapper teamed up with the Weinstein Company to win a heated bidding war for the rights of two books about the unarmed teenager's 2012 death. They've won the rights to Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It (where Lisa Bloom who recounts her experience covering Martin's trial for NBC) and Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin (a personal story written by Martin's parents).

The plan will be to make a six-part documentary-series with Jay Z as producer. The studio will also develop "a narrative feature film."