Queen Slim Official Trailer

From trailblazing, Emmywinning writer Lena Waithe (Netflixs Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generations most powerful popculture experiences, including Beyonces Formation and the Nike Equality campaign, comes Makereadys unflinching new drama, Queen Slim. While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Outs Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie TurnerSmith, in her first starring featurefilm role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in selfdefense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country. As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and ea