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Prince-Bythewood's own upbringing (adopted into a predominately Caucasian family at six months old) may have informed her sensitive and realistic portrayal of Julie's search, much as her love of ...
Sep 16, 2022 · The Woman King: Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. With Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim. A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Apr 22, 2020 · Black Women’s Stories Are the Hardest to Get Made: The Gina Prince-Bythewood Interview. 20 years after her debut, "Love & Basketball," the writer-director is still asked to cast characters as ...
Sep 14, 2022 · Gina Prince-Bythewood knows a little something about the power of persistence. When the filmmaker set out to make her feature directorial debut, “Love & Basketball,” in the late-’90s, the ...
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Oct 15, 2021 · Prince-Bythewood has recently reached new heights by becoming the first Black woman to direct a major comic-book movie. That film— The Old Guard, starring KiKi Layne and Charlize Theron—premiered on Netflix in the summer of 2020, at the peak of the pandemic, to widely favorable reviews.
Jul 28, 2020 · But, Prince-Bythewood said, “I wasn’t seeing myself in movies like that in love stories.” In addition, she said, “there was a semi-autobiographical story in my head about a Black girl who ...
