'Queen and Slim' is a road movie, yes, but it's also a protest film over police brutality against black people, says director Melina Matsoukas.
Two years ago, when director Melina Matsoukas and actress-writer Lena Waithe were working on the acclaimed “Thanksgiving” episode of the Netflix series “Master of None,” they knew they wanted to collaborate again. So when Waithe told the director that she was writing her first movie, Matsoukas said she’d be happy to look at her script but didn’t promise to direct it right away.
During the interview, Matsoukas talked about the challenges of shooting such a timely movie and her smooth transition from directing award-winning music videos to such a gritty, high-profile movie.You have always been vocal about using your artistic voice to create change.
We shot the rest in New Orleans and then made it to Mississippi [subbing for the Florida scenes], which was only a two-hour drive away. We saved all the wide shots until the end of the shoot. A lot of my influences are just from traveling around, being in New Orleans, experiencing those juke joints, and seeing those prisoners working in the fields like slaves. The photographs of Birney Imes and Roy DeCarava are a big influence. I also rewatched some of my favorite road movies — “Amores Perros,” “Y Tu Mamá Tambien” and “True Romance” — to figure out how to keep the car scenes interesting.
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