, stars Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts and Tim Roth and follows the story of a talented student athlete with a difficult past as well as the white parents who adopted him from his war-torn native country. Questions about race, privilege and identity are raised as the film details the struggles this couple faces in parenting a former boy soldier and the high standards Luce must live up to as his high school’s poster child for black excellence.
While Lee wrote the play during Obama’s presidency, he recognizes the relevance it has now considering the issues of racism that have come up during Trump’s presidency and his 2020 campaign. “You can’t have people live their lives on a symbolic level and say, ‘Well you are the example of us making progress.’ A much bigger conversation is required to create true equality in our culture on all these issues whether it’s race, gender or sexuality,” Onah said.about her goal of accurately portraying the difficulties white parents face in raising a black child.
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