ON THE RUN Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith star in one of the most important films to come out to date. Picture: Suppliedalongside Jodie Turner-Smith in a movie dubbed our black version of Bonnie and Clyde.
The film explores police brutality against the black community through a carefully told story. Written by screenwriter, producer and actress Lena Waithe and directed by Melina Matsoukas, who also directed the HBO series Insecure and Beyoncé’s Formation video, Queen & Slim explores a delicate subject with tenderness, making it an essential film in terms of the ongoing global conversations about race.
Matsoukas told Turner-Smith about her vision for Queen, and so she studied feminist and activist Angela Davis for inspiration. “I loved that he [Slim] is so strong through being vulnerable. Vulnerability is not a weakness to him. A few minutes into the film you have a character who’s like: ‘I want to go home, I want to see my family.’