{"id":149043,"date":"2021-01-05T13:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=149043"},"modified":"2021-01-12T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:32:14","slug":"meagan-good-tamara-bass-talk-if-not-now-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/meagan-good-tamara-bass-talk-if-not-now-when\/","title":{"rendered":"Meagan Good &#038; Tamara Bass Talk &#8220;If Not Now, When?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_kdM-pY_Ds?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/h_kdM-pY_Ds\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Watch Meagan Good &amp; Tamara Bass Talk &#8220;If Not Now, When?&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru speaks with <strong>Meagan Good<\/strong> and <strong>Tamara Bass<\/strong> about their directorial feature debut <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8706238\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IF NOT NOW, WHEN?<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;and why this film is important for the new generation of young girls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>IF NOT NOW, WHEN?<\/em><\/strong> stars the ensemble cast of<strong>&nbsp;Meagan Holder&nbsp;<\/strong>(Fox&#8217;s &#8220;Pitch<em>&#8220;<\/em>),&nbsp;<strong>Mekia Cox<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>(<\/em>ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The Rookie&#8221;),<strong>&nbsp;Tamara Bass <\/strong>(&#8220;<em>All That Matters&#8221;<\/em>),<strong> Lexi Underwood&nbsp;<\/strong><em>(<\/em>Hulu&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>&#8220;<\/em>Little Fires Everywhere<em>&#8220;<\/em>),&nbsp;<strong>Niles Fitch<\/strong>&nbsp;(NBC&#8217;s &#8220;This Is Us&#8221;) and&nbsp;<strong>Meagan Good<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 297 439'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IfNotNowWhen_AppleTrailers_Poster_2764x4096-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-149046\" width=\"297\" height=\"439\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>IF NOT NOW, WHEN?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is the directorial feature debut of co-directors&nbsp;<strong>Meagan Good&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Tamara Bass&nbsp;<\/strong> with the latter writing the screenplay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SYNOPSIS:<\/strong>&nbsp;Four friends, who met in high school and are bonded by an event, are suddenly forced back together when one of them suffers a crisis. 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