Director Barry Jenkins Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Bleu Nuit Pas Cher , whose movie Moonlight won this year's best picture Oscar, is writing and directing a drama for Amazon based on a prize-winning novel about escaping from slavery.

The Underground Railroad will be adapted from the book of the same name by novelist Colson Whitehead. The novel has sold over 825,000 copies and won a National Book Award, one of the US' most prestigious literary prizes.

Inspired by the historic secret network of routes that allowed slaves to reach freedom in the North in the 18th century, the novel tells the story of young African American Cora's escape from a Georgia plantation.

She finds not a metaphorical but an actual railroad in operation beneath Southern soil.

Jenkins, 37 Achat Homme Nike Air Vapormax 2018 Grise Noir , said he was excited to be working with such rich literary material.

"Colson's writing has always defied convention, and The Underground Railroad is no different," the director said in a statement Monday.

"It's a groundbreaking work that pays respect to our nation's history while using the form to explore it in a thoughtful and original way," Jenkins said, praising "the sweep and grandeur" of the novel's narrative.

Amazon, which is developing the series Acheter Femme Homme Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Grise , has not given a release date for the drama, which is slated for production by the firms Pastel and Plan B, a company owned by Hollywood star Brad Pitt.

The trial opened Monday of Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah, charged with aviation safety violations following a now notorious "nut rage" incident that triggered a national uproar.

Cho, who has been in custody since her formal arrest three weeks ago, was whisked into the western district court complex in Seoul by bus through a heavy media presence.

Wearing a green prison uniform Homme Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Olive Vert Achat , Cho stood with her head lowered in the packed courtroom, answering preliminary questions in a near-whisper.

The daughter of Korean Air CEO Cho Yang-Ho could face a maximum 10-year sentence if convicted of the aviation safety violations and a possible five years on additional charges of coercion and interference in the execution of duty.

The charges all relate to an incident which saw Cho allegedly force the chief purser off a December 5 New York-Seoul KAL flight -- compelling the taxiing plane to return to the gate so he could disembark.

Cho, who was a KAL vice president at the time, had taken exception to being served macadamia nuts she had not asked for -- and in a bag, not a bowl.

She has denied physically assaulting the chief steward, Park Chang-Jin Femme Nike Air Vapormax 2018 Rose Acheter , who says she made him kneel and beg for forgiveness while jabbing him with a service manual.

The incident triggered a huge public backlash, which painted Cho as emblematic of a generation of spoiled, arrogant offspring of owners of the giant family-run conglomerates, or "chaebols," that dominate the South Korean economy.

Cho resigned from all her KAL posts and publicly apologised for her behaviour, which her father also criticised as a "foolish act."

The story generated international headlines and was seen as something of a national embarrassment Homme Nike Air VaporMax Blanche Outlet , with South Korean media commentators suggesting Cho had shamed the country.

She was formally arrested on December 30 and has been detained in custody since then.

The family's image was further tarnished when prosecutors revealed that Cho's younger sister -- also a senior KAL executive -- had sent her a text message promising to take "revenge" on her behalf.

The sister later apologised for her remarks.

Cho appeared in court along with a company executive, who was indicted for evidence tampering, and a transport ministry official accused of leaking details of a government probe into the case.

The transport ministry plans to sanction KAL with a limited flight route ban that could last for up to a month, or with fines of up to $2 million.

Separately, it has vowed to punish eight of its officials after admitting that their investigation into the affair was biased in favour of Cho and Korean Air.

SYDNEY, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has joined the board of beyondblue Homme Nike Air VaporMax Pure Platinum Blanche Soldes , an organization that helps people suffering depression.

Gillard said on Thursday she was delighted to make a contribution in an area she felt passionate about.

"As the daughter of a psychiatric nurse, I have always understood the need to talk openly about mental health and respond to those in need," she said in a statement.

Jeff Kennett, beyondblue chairman and a former Victorian Liberal premier, said he was honored to see Gillard join the organization.

"Julia Gillard will not only bring a great deal of experience to our board, but importantly the passion for the sector that drove her in government to establish the National Disability ( Insurance) Scheme Homme Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Noir Moins Cher ," Kennett said.

"For many of those who suffer disability, and their careers, depression can be an ever present condition."

Gillard recently released her memoirs titled My Story, which details what life was really like for Australia's first female prime minister.

DUSHANBE, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan will play Singapore in their Incheon Asiad soccer tournament opener on Sept. 14, Football Federation of Tajikistan (FFT) said Thursday.

Tajikistan have been drawn with Singapore Homme Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Noir En ligne , Palestine and Oman in the Asiad group stage which features eight groups. After Singapore, Tajikistan will meet Palestine on Sept. 17 and Oman on Sept. 21.

In line with the regulations of the Asian Games, the football competitions are held among the soccer players under 23.

The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It is scheduled to take place in Incheon, South Korea from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 NikeLab Air VaporMax Flyknit Betrue 2017 Bleu Pas Cher , 2014, with 439 events in 36 sports and disciplines.