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    Janelle Monae: 'Antebellum' Shines Light on 'Centuries Long War' Against Racism

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    Celebrating the release of her thriller movie, the ‘Make Me Feel’ singer expresses her gratitude to be given the opportunity to play ‘a fighter and the hero that is Veronica Henley.’
    Sep 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Janelle Monae has addressed the significance of her new movie “Antebellum”, which details the “centuries long war” against racism.
    The film, which tells the story of successful author Veronica Henley who finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality that forces her to confront the past, present and future, was released on video on demand last week, ends September 18.
    Taking to Twitter to celebrate the release, the “Dirty Computer” hitmaker penned, “ANTEBELLUM. IS. OUT. Shining light on what it’s like to be a black woman living in America (past and present) carrying the burden of dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism was my North Star. We are in a centuries long war with the same demons. The past is not dead.”

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    She continued, “Thank you @bushandrenz 4giving me an opportunity 2play a fighter and the hero that is Veronica Henley. Although she is a fictitious character, she carries the essence of many real life heroes to our community, and the every day acts of bravery by so many oppressed people,” Janelle continued. “I am forever grateful to the black women who inspired my commitment 2this character. Thank you for the activism you do daily to liberate, elevate, educate, and protect marginalized voices. It is important that globally the world understands the risks you take to fight for us (sic).”

    Janelle Monae celebrated the release of ‘Antebellum’ with lengthy post.
    Janelle concluded, “You are owed so much. YOU DESERVE MORE. YOU DESERVE PEACE. WE DESERVE FREEDOM. Sending Radical love and radical self care to you. The. fight. must continue (sic).”
    “Antebellum” is written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, marking their feature directorial debuts.

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      'Antebellum' Star Kiersey Clemons Reveals Reluctance to See Her New Movie

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      The former Disney star may end up not watching her freaky time-bending movie where she shares screen with Janelle Monae because she’s so scared of scary films.
      Sep 20, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Antebellum” star Kiersey Clemons won’t be rushing to watch her new movie because she hates scary films.
      The actress, who plays a slave girl in the freaky time-bending drama, admits she doesn’t even like to sleep with the lights out at home.
      “I don’t like to be scared…,” she tells “Good Morning America”. “I don’t like the dark. I don’t like things about ghosts.”

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      “But I do like making psychological thrillers and genre-bending movies… more than horror and gore, and I love Halloween – I already decorated my house.”
      And Clemons admits she was so scared of co-star Janelle Monae’s character in the new film, released digitally on Friday (18Sep20), she had problems speaking to her when the cameras weren’t rolling.
      “I was a huge fan before we got to work together… and she’s the sweetest person, but she would keep her accent and the energy of her character and the character is absolutely terrifying,” the former Disney star explains. “She’d be asking me questions about myself and I’d be like, ‘Are you asking me because you want to kidnap me and enslave me…?’ It was a little difficult.”
      The movie revolves around a modern-day African American woman who tries to escape from what appears to be a 19th-century Southern slave plantation. The directorial debut by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz also stars Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, and Gabourey Sidibe.

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      Jack Huston Confesses Danny Huston Convinced Him to Take Plantation Owner Role in 'Antebellum'

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      While he was initially hesitant to play Captain Jasper in the movie, the ‘Boardwalk Empire’ actor realizes that it would spark conversation and discussion amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.
      Sep 8, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Jack Huston turned to his actor uncle Danny Huston for help after he was offered the role of a slave plantation owner in new movie “Antebellum”.
      The “Boardwalk Empire” star was interested in playing Captain Jasper, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to play the villain in a film that would spark talking points amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.
      “It was my Uncle Danny who convinced me that Jasper was a character worth exploring,” Huston explains. “He told me, ‘You must take risks and be scared’, and I was scared of Jasper every day of filming. There’s something insidious about him that really got under my skin. I’m thinking if I have that kind of reaction, then I hope the audience will, too.”
      “When I spoke to the directors on the phone, I realised that this film would spark conversation and spark discussion and hopefully lead to some good. I don’t think you could watch this film without feeling a responsibility and a guilt and a shame for the hundreds of years that have come previous, and actually how we haven’t come that far and how the world is today and that we need to come together right now, and this is a very important time for the world (sic).”
      In the film, Janelle Monae portrays both a modern-day author researching black history and an American Civil War-era slave.
      Huston admits it was worth the risk to play Captain Jasper to work opposite lifelong pal Jena Malone, who portrays his character’s wife.
      “Me and Jena have known each other since we were little itty bitty things,” he adds. “My aunt (Anjelica Huston) directed her first film, ‘Bastard Out of Carolina’… What she had to go through in that movie… I’ve always, since I was a child, wanted to work with her.”

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      Director of Janelle Monae's 'Antebellum' Gets Real About Reason Behind VOD Release

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      While Gerard Bush explains why the film is too important to be put on hold, his leading actress stresses that it serves as an important reminder about what is at stake amid the Black Lives Matter protests.
      Sep 8, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The producers of Janelle Monae’s hard-hitting new movie, “Antebellum”, chose not to wait for cinemas to re-open after the COVID shutdown to release the project because it’s too relevant to the times.
      In her first leading role, the singer doubles up as a bestselling author studying the history of African-Americans and Civil War-era slavery, and first-time director Gerard Bush tells WENN the film is too important to be put on hold.
      Instead, “Antebellum” will be released via video-on-demand platforms this weekend, September 11.
      “The parallels with the pandemic of racism that has existed in this country for the past 400 years… meant that we not defer this much-needed conversation another day,” he explains.
      “Although we had designed ‘Antebellum’ for the theatrical experience, the urgency of getting the movie in front of as many people as possible now in this moment was much more important than waiting until later in 2021 to get it out in theaters.”
      And there’s another good reason to release the film now, “This feels like a divine time for the movie because the release date that we chose, September 18, unbeknownst to us, was the exact date of the anniversary of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and that gave us a feeling of, ‘This is what we’re supposed to do.’ ”
      Meanwhile, Monae insists the film is an important conversation piece following a summer of Black Lives Matter protests throughout the U.S.
      “This film highlights what black women have to deal with every single day as we carry the burden of dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism,” she adds. “This isn’t something that we should be doing, yet we are doing it. I think this film reminds us what’s at stake. If we don’t use our privilege for good to protect black lives, then we will continue to see an uprising and we will continue to lose human beings who matter.”
      “We need to continue the conversation, because through dialogue is how we get to change. If we are continuing business as usual and ignoring the past, which was channel slavery, and how it has informed all of the racist policies that we have today, then we won’t get real change.”
      “Policing even during the Civil War wasn’t meant to protect, but to terrorize; without realizing that we won’t get to the real solution to the real problem.”

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