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Queen & Slim Should Have Been a Great Movie

Queen & Slim Should Have Been a Great MovieBy Lawrence Ware | @law_writes | with thanks to NewBlackMan (in Exile) Saturday, December 21, 2019.Melina Matsoukas is an artful director who showed with her first feature what we already knew from her shorter collaborations with Is..More

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