'Queen & Slim' a tale of outlaws, but also a love story and a meditation on racism and police brutality
by Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times
Nov 04, 2019
4 minutes
For "Queen & Slim," screenwriter Lena Waithe's meditation on race relations and police brutality, director Melina Matsoukas drew visual inspiration from sources as diverse as Alfonso Cuaron's 2001 dramedy "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and Spike Lee's 1989 classic "Do the Right Thing." But the biggest influence came from YouTube.
"One of the key references for me has been real life, authentic struggles in the black community," said Matsoukas, who makes her feature debut with the movie, in theaters on Thanksgiving. "I watched a lot of YouTube videos of black people being pulled over by the police or encountering law enforcement and it not necessarily ending well. Unfortunately, there are so many
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