QUEEN & SLIM
From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce’s “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready’s unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.
As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances, and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives.
Joining a legacy of films such as Bonnie and Clyde and Thelma & Louise, Queen & Slim is a powerful, consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence.
Hosted by Nottingham Broadway with guests: Melonyx Just Jai King Kennze Plentiful Poet Can’t Stop Won’t Stop DJs
REVIEWS
“A suspenseful, beautifully realised vision of identity, race, and injustice”
Caryn James, BBC
“tackles urgent, difficult subjects with bravery, care and adrenalised genre cool”
Jimi Famurewa, Empire
“You won’t forget Queen and Slim. Sexy! Soulful! Poignant! Thoughtful! Excellent! A beautifully realized adventure that drips with realism. It’s cinematic poetry that perfectly captures the essence of love and life. An instant classic!”
Shawn Edwards, FOX TV
“Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya’s chemistry crackles in every frame with a combined performance that’s potent with fear, conviction, and adventure. [Turner-Smith] naturally commands attention on the screen…[Kaluuya] leaves
no room for doubt that he is a leading man. It’s Melina Matsoukas’ stellar direction that brings the octane. Melina Matsoukas’ film directorial debut stuns with its memorable vignettes.”
Joi Childs, IGN
“Powerful. Kaluuya, whose wide-eyed exasperation and wry smile always make him worth watching, embodies the clash of ambivalence and involuntary celebrity at the center of the movie — but it’s Turner-Smith who stands out as a true
revelation. It’s a spiritual sequel to the dueling quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. that close out Do the Right Thing.”
Eric Kohn, Underwire
