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    Sundance breakout Kelvin Harrison Jr. found his form of activism through 'Monster' and 'Monsters and Men'

    by Tre'vell Anderson, Los Angeles Times Jan 23, 2018 3 minutes

    PARK CITY, Utah - When Kelvin Harrison Jr. was younger, he thought he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his musician parents - a vocalist mother and a classically trained jazz saxophonist father. In that vein, he learned how to play the trumpet and piano. But the passion for music never quite kicked in.

    "My dad pushed it a lot so it didn't feel like me expressing myself," Harrison said. "That turned me off, I guess."

    As for what turned him on to acting, he credits the 1959 film "Imitation of Life."

    "I don't

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