As an award-winning director with standout collaborators (Beyoncé, Rihanna, Issa Rae), Melina Matsoukas has created some of music and television’s more memorable moments. Now, with 'Queen & Slim,' she makes her feature film debut
As an award-winning director with standout collaborators , Melina Matsoukas has created some of music and television's more memorable moments. Now, with 'Queen & Slim,' she makes her feature film debut. Video by Osmosis Films.How does a contemporary filmmaker make entertaining black art that also responds to the world we live in? I am preoccupied with this question as I sit down with director Melina Matsoukas.
Just before our conversation, I’d watched an early screening of her first feature film. I was transfixed. As the final credits rolled, I sobbed—I was utterly wrecked. Queen & Slim, a romantic thriller starring Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya in the title roles, is by far the blackest movie I’ve ever seen. As engrossing as it is political, the movie is an unequivocal rejoinder to the world we live in, where police brutality...
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Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas don't want you comparing 'Queen & Slim' to 'Bonnie and Clyde'Director Melina Matsoukas and screenwriter Lena Waithe team up for 'Queen & Slim' a love story and a meditation on racism and police brutality. Just don't call it the black 'Bonnie and Clyde.'
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Watch 'Queen & Slim' Director Melina Matsoukas's Powerful Tribute to Atatiana JeffersonMatsoukas delivered a powerful speech about slain 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson at the 2019 ELLE Women in Hollywood awards.
Lire la suite »
Watch 'Queen & Slim' Director Melina Matsoukas's Powerful Tribute to Atatiana JeffersonMatsoukas delivered a powerful speech about slain 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson at the 2019 ELLE Women in Hollywood awards.
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Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas don't want you comparing 'Queen & Slim' to 'Bonnie and Clyde'Director Melina Matsoukas and screenwriter Lena Waithe team up for 'Queen & Slim' a love story and a meditation on racism and police brutality. Just don't call it the black 'Bonnie and Clyde.'
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