Universal has released the first look at the drama Queen & Slim [QNSLM] which premiered last night during the BET awards. Melina Matsoukas makes her feature-film directorial debut from a script Lena Waithe wrote based on an original idea by James Frey. Starring Daniel Kaluuya [DKALU] and Jodie Turner-Smith, Queen & Slim arrives in theaters on November 27th.
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. 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 each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances, and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives.