{"id":10405,"date":"2019-12-03T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10405"},"modified":"2019-12-29T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T23:53:17","slug":"the-contenders-melina-matsoukas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/03\/the-contenders-melina-matsoukas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Contenders: Melina Matsoukas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/video\/queen-slim-director-melina-matsoukas-the-contenders-l-a-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"from DEADLINE (opens in a new tab)\">from DEADLINE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Queen &amp; Slim\u2019 Director Melina Matsoukas On Showing \u201cBlack People As Victors And Not Victims\u201d \u2013 The Contenders L.A.&nbsp;Video<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/author\/anduka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Amanda N&#8217;Duka<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_editorial_10462318hx.jpg?crop=1966px%2C274px%2C4524px%2C2537px&amp;resize=681%2C383\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grammy-winning music video director Melina Matsoukas is known for using her work not only to highlight African -American culture but also reflect pertinent issues in the community. That\u2019s what made\u00a0<em>Queen &amp; Slim<\/em>\u00a0the apt project for her feature directorial debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe script for me was everything,\u201d Matsoukas said at Deadline\u2019s Contenders Los Angeles event. \u201cIt was political. It was saying something. It was illuminating issues in the black community with police brutality and so many of our struggles. But mostly because it was this beautiful love story as well. It really staddles the line between all kinds of genres. \u2026 We get to enjoy this beautiful journey between two black people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/video\/queen-slim-director-melina-matsoukas-the-contenders-l-a-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to view and continue reading at DEADLINE (opens in a new tab)\">click to view and continue reading at DEADLINE<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from DEADLINE \u2018Queen &amp; Slim\u2019 Director Melina Matsoukas On Showing \u201cBlack People As Victors And Not Victims\u201d \u2013 The Contenders L.A.&nbsp;Video By\u00a0Amanda N&#8217;Duka Grammy-winning music video director Melina Matsoukas is known for using her work not only to highlight African -American culture but also reflect pertinent issues in the community. That\u2019s what made\u00a0Queen &amp; Slim\u00a0the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}