Queen & Slim is a 2019 crime drama about a Black couple who flee across America after a deadly encounter with a police officer. The film is a powerful commentary on systemic racism and police brutality.
Bonnie and Clyde, Thelma & Louise, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — joining these cultural touchstones for their ability to encapsulate the zeitgeist of their times is Melina Matsoukas’ 2019 crime drama Queen & Slim. These fugitive films have pulse-pounding thrills that captivate audiences with intimate explorations of love, rebellion, and survival. Queen & Slim is a rant at systemic racism and police brutality while paying tribute to its predecessors.
Starring Daniel Kaluuya in a familiar, similarly themed role as his Oscar-nominated performance portraying Chris Washington in Jordan Peele's horror Get Out and Jodie Turner-Smith in her breakout feature-leading role, the film is unapologetically an ode to the Black community's experience. It's a tense, provocative, gripping crime drama that explores how two ordinary people transform into national symbols of defiance. 'Queen & Slim' Is a Modern Underground Railroad Love Story Born From Tragedy The story begins with an awkward first date in Ohio between Queen (Turner-Smith), a sharp-witted defense attorney on her bad day following her client's execution sentence, and Slim (Kaluuya), a mild-mannered worker, in what appears to be their first and last encounter. As Slim drives her home, they are stopped by a white cop for what seems like a routine traffic check. The check soon escalates into a seemingly racially instigated confrontation that sees the cop draw a gun on Slim. Queen's intervention worsens the situation as the police officer shoots her in the leg, and Slim wrestles him, grabs his gun, and fatally shoots him. They have to choose between turning themselves in and running away. Fearing that justice won't be served, they decide to flee on a journey reminiscent of the historical Harriet Tubman's underground railroad across America. Queen & Slim reverses history, highlighting the couple's journey south, a path previously taken by enslaved people escaping servitude in the Sout
QUEEN & SLIM MELINA MATSOUKAS DANIEL KALUYYA JODIE TURNER-SMITH RACE RELATIONS POLICE BRUTALITY SYSTEMIC RACISM CRIME DRAMA ROMANTIC DRAMA
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