Sundance has one of its first big hits on its hands.
This marked Rees first theatrical feature since her 2011 debutPariah,which also premiered at Sundance.
(She also made TV movieBessiefor HBO in 2015.)
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For me, the mud was a metaphor for the suck that were all in, the filmmaker said.
The mud, and the suck, and the elements being kind of indifferent to our suffering.
This film is about a search for citizenship, its about the impossibility of going home.
Even if it means your life.
So when I saw the character, I was like, Yo.Yo.
How could I not take the damn role?
But its not just about the men.
Besides race and color, as women, we have a bond.
Theres this thing that we all understand about each other, Blige said at the premiere.
The film has yet to be picked up by a distributor.
