Written & Directed by Justin Simien
Stars Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Lena Waithe & Kelly Rowland
Premiered at Sundance January 23, 2020
Released October 23, 2020 on Hulu
Unrated
Runtime: 1hr 42mins
RT: 64% critics, 41% audience
Synopsis: Anna is a young woman with a low-tier job at a struggling music TV station called Culture. She desperately wants a show of her own but is hampered by sexism and by her lack of style. When the station management is revamped in an attempt to increase viewership, a glamorous woman named Zora becomes Anna’s new boss. Anna manages to impress her with her ideas, but Zora makes it clear that she’ll go nowhere until she looks the part. Willing to do anything to succeed, Anna agrees to see the stylist Zora recommends for a fabulous weave. Little does she know that, while the weave giveth plenty, it also taketh away.
Next up, a supernatural horror movie made by a mom, dad and their teenage daughter. The family wrote, directed, starred, pretty much everything’d in the low budget The Deeper You Dig. Check it out on Shudder so you’ll be up to speed when we discuss in in two weeks.
Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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