Actress Rosario Dawson will portray activist Donna Hylton in new film "A Little Piece Of Light."
The movie, be based on the biography of the same name, will centre on Hylton's upbringing in Jamaica before she was sold to an American family at the age of seven, reported Deadline.
After arriving in New York, she was sexually abused by her adopted father and would hide in closets to escape him.
As a teenager she was arrested for her part in the kidnapping and murder of a Rikers Island real estate agent and she was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Hylton spent her time in solitary confinement.
She was released in 2012 and began to fight for women's rights.
The "Sin City" star is reportedly searching for a female screenwriter and director for the project.
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