{"id":135793,"date":"2019-07-31T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=135793"},"modified":"2019-07-31T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:43:40","slug":"new-trailer-to-queen-slim-starring-daniel-kaluuya-and-jodie-turner-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/new-trailer-to-queen-slim-starring-daniel-kaluuya-and-jodie-turner-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trailer To Queen & Slim Starring Daniel Kaluuya and\u00a0Jodie Turner-Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Universal Pictures has released the poster to the independent romance drama \u201cQueen & Slim,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0written by Emmy Award winner\u00a0Lena Waithe <\/strong>and starring Academy Award nominee Daniel Kaluuya<\/strong> (Get Out) and introducing\u00a0Jodie Turner-Smith.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queen & Slim hits Theaters November 27.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Melina Matsoukas<\/strong>, the visionary director of some of this generation\u2019s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce\u2019s \u201cFormation\u201d and the Nike \u201cEquality\u201d campaign, comes Makeready\u2019s unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Queen and Slim – Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith Photo by Andre D. Wagner\/Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out\u2019s 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\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Waithe wrote the script based on an original idea by bestselling author James Frey (A Million Little Pieces, Katerina). The feature-film directorial debut from Melina Matsoukas (executive producer of HBO\u2019s Insecure) stars Academy Award\u00ae nominee Daniel Kaluuya as \u201cSlim\u201d and rising star Jodie Turner-Smith (Syfy\u2019s Nightflyers), as \u201cQueen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waithe produces the film via her company, Hillman Grad Productions, along with Matsoukas via her production company, De La Revoluci\u00f3n Films. Frey produces via his production company, 3BlackDot, alongside Andrew Coles and Michelle Knudsen.<\/p>\n

Queen & Slim is financed by Makeready and will be distributed by Universal Pictures worldwide, with eOne handling distribution in select territories including the U.K. and Canada.<\/p>\n