How Jordana Spiro and Angelica Nwandu achieved 'Night Comes On's' authenticity
When director Jordana Spiro was introduced after the Sundance Film Festival's premiere of "Night Comes On" this year, some in the audience were surprised. The film is emotionally poignant and appropriately authentic to a black teen's experience transitioning out of the foster care system, and Spiro is a white woman.
Then Spiro introduced her co-writer, Angelica Nwandu, the child of Nigerian immigrants who herself was a foster child.
"Because that was not my own background, and it so often is misrepresented, it was imperative to me to work with somebody who could explore this journey with me and share some really honest feelings and portray the
