Complex sentence: The film and play is based on the true story of Jack Johnson and his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea and the controversy over their marriage and Duryea's death by suicide in 1912.
Split into simpler sentences: The film and play is based on the true story of Jack Johnson and his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea. The controversy over their marriage and Duryea's death by suicide in 1912.