Sentences with phrase «screen black protagonists»

Not exact matches

While Latifah, long the film's shepherd, has expressed gratitude at the opportunity to grow as an actress before officially taking on the role, it's hard to imagine — given the destinations of «Candelabra» and «Normal Heart» — that a film unwilling to shy away from its black female protagonist's bisexuality would have ever seen the light of day on the big screen.

The film's opening pulls us right into the protagonist's perspective: We hear whispered snippets of pillow talk between James (Stevens) and his wife, Sam (Billions star Malin Akerman, underplaying beautifully), but see only blurry shapes and white spots floating across a black screen.