Queen & Slim (2019)

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Directed by Melina Matsoukas Queen & Slim is American Romantic-Crime-Drama movie who released on November 27, 2019 (United States). Set in today's United State this kind of another variation of "Bonnie & Clyde" tells about a black young couple who seeks refuge after the main character kills a cop in self-defense on their first date. This movie stars are Daniel Kaluuya as Slim, Jodie Turner-Smith as Queen, Bokeem Woodbine as Uncle Earl, Chloë Sevigny as Mrs. Shepherd, Flea as Mr. Shepherd, Sturgill Simpson as Police Officer Reed and Indya Moore as Goddess.

Plot

Queen and Slim

After the queen and Slim swiped to the right in the Tinder, they met in the restaurant in person. Slim worked at Costco, and Queen was a lawyer, and had a bad day in court.

In a restaurant like one of those old-fashioned diners in "Pulp Fiction," the two chatted. Slim likes this place because it is owned by black people, but the Queen thinks it is cheap. The two men seem to have no second date, and there seems to be no hope for the direction of things. The situation will change. When Slim drove home, a police car pulled them over. The police are rude, suspicious and white.

Then, he continued to search the car for contraband that did not exist at all. It was late, and the road was silent except for hostile negotiations between the police officer and the presumed criminal. After Slim realized the threat, he treated it calmly and obeyed the officer's orders as politely as possible. The queen knew her rights, and she was not shy to ask for her rights. When she called her, the situation quickly got out of control. Ground, grab his pistol, bangs! There is now a decline in the number of racist police in the country.

When they absconded, first it was Slim’s car, then the Kentucky Sheriff’s pickup truck, then the blue Pontiac Catarina, and finally an old, poop-brown Mercedes. Si, Queen and Slim, they drove through a poor, rural and black America. , Queen and Slim will soon become what the script calls "Bonnie and Clyde".

Controversy

Jodie Turner Smith as Queen and Daniel Kaluuya as Slim

Courtney Anderson on her site says "this movie doesn’t seem to have been made for Black people".[1] Considering that blacks have been violently debating police brutality in the past few years and insisting on avoiding impunity shooting and killing, this film reflects the blacks trying to escape state-sanctioned abuse through the necessary means—seeking Love, friendship, and redemption come along-may appeal to black audiences. Following her statement she also say "Or, maybe I should say that it’s not for certain types of Black people. For the past few days, I’ve been trying to figure out who Queen & Slim is actually for."[2]

Some some even responded to their disappointment after watching this movie "I left the theater after watching Queen & Slim feeling, yet again, that I was being reminded of my inevitable demise as a black person in America, or the demise of someone I love. I felt hopeless instead of inspired; deflated instead of uplifted; tired instead of woke" by Jordan Ligons on Theringer[3]. Because of Why must black stories rely on trauma and hopelessness?

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