Queen & Slim

A complex film with many layers, Makeready’s Queen & Slim, from Emmy Award-winning writer Lena Waithe, explores America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story.

When a Black man and Black woman on a first date are pulled over by a police officer at a traffic stop, their life goes awry. Forced to kill him in self-defense, rather than turn themselves in, they must go on the run.

“Marked by a pair of powerful lead performances, Queen & Slim is a stunning feature directing debut by Melina Matsoukas.” ~Joi Childs, IGN

“An African American art film channeling a 1970s blaxploitation, on-the-lam-from-the-law road picture vibe.” ~Roger Moore, Movie Nation

“Queen & Slim is convincingly and unapologetically multidimensional in its portrayal of its characters; as our perception of them shifts from one scene to the next, we realize they’re not ciphers for communities, cultures, arguments or belief systems, but individuals wrestling with who they are and how they present themselves to the world.” ~Todd Gilchrist, TheWrap