GET ON THE BUS was released theatrically on October 16, 1996, which was the one-year anniversary of the Million Man March.
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The film was shot in three weeks on locations across America.
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Despite rumors to the contrary, Columbia Pictures offered to fund this film. However, in the spirit of the Million Man March, the $2.4 million budget was fully financed by contributions of $100,000 to $200,000 from 15 African American men, including director Spike Lee, screenwriter Reggie Rock Blythewood, producer Reuben Cannon, actors Wesley Snipes, Will Smith, Robert Guillaume, and Danny Glover, music executive Jheryl Busby, basketball player Charles Smith, lawyer Johnnie Cochran and businessmen Olden Lee, Lem Daniels, Calvin Grigsby and Larkin Arnold. Their production entity was titled A 15 Black Men Production.
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Actors Andre Braugher and Richard Belzer also appeared together in the TV series HOMICIDE.
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