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Lena Waithe – Daniel Kaluuya – Melina Matsoukas *Black love is perhaps the single most important factor in maintaining the sanity of African-Americans within a paradigm where racism seems static and eternal against the backdrop of the Stars and Stripes. Yet, despite that, seldom has there been a motion picture that depicts it in all […]

[…] run! Lena Waithe’s storytelling is beyond amazing. She’s able to balance the dichotomy of feeling angry yet proud while watching this film. Once you see it, you’ll know exactly what I mean, and director Melina Matsoukas helps to bring this story to life with her directorial film debut. “Queen & Slim” is an unexpected love story and thriller told by us for us. “We will be someone’s ancestors one day; we must live loud […]

*From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce’s “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready’s unflinching new drama, “Queen & Slim.” While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s […]

[…] in Hollywood Awards have been unveiled! They include Emmy Award-winning actress, comedian, director and producer Niecy Nash, DGA nominated director and two-time Grammy Award-winning music video director Melina Matsoukas, actress Lashana Lynch, and the trailblazing cast and co-executive producer/director/writer of “Pose,” Janet Mock, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, Angelica Ross and Hailie Sahar. The […]

[…] filmmakers.  On the surface, it’s what “Queen and Slim,” the debut feature film for Lena Waithe, is about. TOWANDA BRAXTON ACCUSED OF FRAUD IN $76K BANKRUPTCY CASE Melina Matsoukas “Lena crafted this beautiful script that was both political, that is saying something, that was pushing the culture forward, that was challenging the status quo and […]

Executive producer/director Melina Matsoukas, executive producer Prentice Penny and actress/executive producer/creator Issa Rae speak onstage during the ‘Insecure’ panel discussion at the HBO portion of the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 30, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. *Issa Rae is best known as the creator of the […]

*Beyoncé surprised fans on Saturday when she dropped new song “Formation,” with an accompanying music video, the day before her performance at Super Bowl 50. Directed by Melina Matsoukas, the video features scenes from the 2012 New Orleans documentary “That B.E.A.T.” The filmmakers initially responded to the artful video with accusations of thievery, but Bey’s […]

[…] will star opposite Academy Award® nominee Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Black Panther) in Universal Pictures and Makeready’s Queen & Slim, written by Lena Waithe and directed by Melina Matsoukas (HBO’s Insecure and Beyoncé’s “Formation”) who is set to make her feature film directorial debut. Turner-Smith will next be seen in Nightflyers for SyFy. Her other […]

[…] stars Academy Award® nominee Daniel Kaluuya as “Slim” and Jodie Turner-Smith (Syfy’s Nightflyers), as “Queen” in her first starring role. The film is the directorial debut from Melina Matsoukas (executive producer/director of HBO’s Insecure) The film begins as Slim and Queen are on their first date via Tinder in a cheap Ohio diner. The unremarkable […]

[…] because of me, but my whole cast, that generation stands on your shoulders.” The biggest surprise of the evening was Beyonce, who came out to present honoree Melina Matsoukas with the Franklin J. Schaffner Award — see the Twitter video embed above. Matsoukas has directed some of the singer’s biggest music videos. American Film Institute’s […]

[…] new trailer for the Lena Waithe written and produced drama “Queen & Slim” — in  theaters Thanksgiving weekend on Nov. 27. Directed by two-time Grammy award winner Melina Matsoukas, the drama centers on a black man (“Get Out’s” Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith), who are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. […]

[…] as they explore their uncomfortable experiences and racy tribulations. Rae created, executive produces and stars in the series alongside Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce. Prentice Penny, Melina Matsoukas, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky and Jonathan Berry serve as executive producers, with Larry Wilmore as a consultant. Watch the first look clip blow: Issa Rae in […]

[…] submitting the work for Best Variety Special, according to Variety: Whether Kahlil Joseph and Beyonce herself, the credited directors of the piece, can be joined by “additional directors” Melina Matsoukas, Todd Tourso, Dikayl Rimmasch, Jonas Akerlund and Mark Romanek remains to be seen. HBO is in the midst of working out those details. In 2015, the […]

[…] shot her film within one day with leading actors Derrick A. King and Marija Abney. The “Insecure” alum tapped her former co-workers Jay Ellis, Prentice Penny and Melina Matsoukas for advice “Who said, ‘you only have one day? Then your only goal is to just make your day, don’t try to do nuffin fancy! 😂,“ as […]

[…] LOOK images from the upcoming series. Based on the acclaimed best-selling book by Victor LaValle, the eight-part drama series is created by Kelly Marcel and directed by Melina Matsoukas. Per the studio’s news release: “The Changeling” is a fairytale for grown-ups. A horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York […]