Amandla Stenberg
A new kind of Hollywood star
by MARIAH SMITH
Oct 22, 2018
3 minutes
AMANDLA STENBERG IS USED to having a spotlight on everything she does. “I’m always walking this precarious line of having my actions over-politicized,” she says. “But at the same time, there’s political intention in the actions.”
It’s weighty stuff for a teenager, but Stenberg, 19, stands out even in the current ecosystem of socially conscious young performers. She’s more than a movie star: she’s an activist, political pioneer and leading voice of her generation. But today, she’s just sipping a latte in the back of a Manhattan
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