Janelle Monáe stepped onto the black carpet at the premiere of “Antebellum” on Monday night in Los Angeles in an Elie Saab gown, XIV Karats jewels, Christian Louboutin heels, a clutch from Carolina…
” on Monday night in Los Angeles in an Elie Saab gown, XIV Karats jewels, Christian Louboutin heels, a clutch from Carolina Santo Domingo and a custom-made N95 face mask by Aliona Kononova.
“It’s so weird, but you know what? I’m rolling with it,” Monáe, who stars in the horror-thriller as a successful author who finds herself seemingly transported back in time to the Civil War as a slave, told. “Safety first, but I also just really needed a reason to get dressed up. I feel like I’m the most overdressed person but that’s because I haven’t been out in so long.”
Weird because, unlike any of Monáe’s previous premieres, this one took place at a drive-in on top of the Grove’s parking structure. Guests were invited to take photo ops from inside their cars in front of the movie’s poster. Upon check-in, staff handed out bags with an “Antebellum” face masks and hand sanitizer.
Celebrations aside, Monáe said the film carries a powerful message. “It reminds us that the past is not the past,” she said. “The past is not even dead and I think the film is very timely and does a great job, an exceptional job of linking and connecting the dots of the past, the present and what could be our future.”
She continued, “I’m very honored to stand here and represent for Black women who have been dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism for centuries.”“There’s erasure going on. There’s whitewashing going on,” she said. “The 1619 Project they’re trying not to put it in our schools…We have to remind people that when we’re screaming, ‘Defund the police! Abolish the police,’ why are we doing that? Because in the Civil War, one of the earliest institutions of policing was the slave patrol.
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