Queen & Slim
2019 film directed by Melina Matsoukas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Queen & Slim is a 2019 American romantic road crime drama film directed by Melina Matsoukas (in her feature directorial debut) and with a screenplay by Lena Waithe from a story by James Frey and Waithe. The film tells the story of a young couple (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith) who go on the run after killing a police officer, in self-defense, in the heat of an argument during a traffic stop that had quickly escalated. Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny, Flea, Sturgill Simpson and Indya Moore also star.
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Directed by | Melina Matsoukas |
Screenplay by | Lena Waithe |
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Cinematography | Tat Radcliffe |
Edited by | Pete Beaudreau |
Music by | Devonté Hynes |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 132 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $17–20 million[3][4] |
Box office | $47.9 million[1][5] |
Queen & Slim had its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 14, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 27, 2019, by Universal Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Kaluuya and Turner-Smith's lead performances, Matsoukas' direction and its overall theme and message. It grossed $47 million on a $20 million budget.