Also, just a little-known fact: a few years ago, Lovie was making beauty and hair tutorial videos on YouTube. For writer-director Poe, a 2016 Sundance Institute Knight Foundation Fellow, the “Lord of the Flies”-esque drama is ultimately about young people, away from their families, at a boarding school, attempting to govern themselves, creating their own version of a regulated environment. Meet The Barbie Rocking Baby Hairs, Bantus & Door Knockers. The Skins, run by Amber B (Francesca Noel): Their racket is numbers. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. All rights reserved. The Spades, led by Selah (Lovie Simone, center): The Spades deal in the most classic of vices: booze, pills, powders, fun. Just take a look at this clip: Now if Simone looks familiar it’s because the Bronx native plays Zora Greenleaf on your Saints-approved favorite soap Greenleaf. Selah and the Spades is a film that strongly suggests you sit with and digest, so I was eager to get into Poe’s head a bit. Here she is with her amazing cast, which includes Emmy winner Jerome Jharrel, Gina Torres and Jesse Williams to name a few. “In film, in most Western storytelling, there is this false, persistent assumption that the relatable ‘every man’ story can only be successful — and therefore must only be told — with white characters at the center of them. Low class bookies with high class charms. They’ll help you cheat your way through anything for the right price. From the moment Selah is shown on her wicker chair throne off-campus, "Selah and the Spades" is impressively filled with style. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. From long blond braids to a huge afro to luxurious faux locks, here are 13 times the actress showed off her versatile lewks: Copyright © 2020 Interactive One, LLC. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sis is an amazing villain and gives one of the most haunting and vulnerable performances of this year. “I’ve always been intentional with everything that I’ve chosen,” she admitted. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! “I am always eager to see stories about the marginalia of black life, and more generally about the minutiae of being a human being,” the filmmaker said in a recent interview with IndieWire. They deal in SAT score guarantees, research paper outlines, erupting volcanoes for science fairs. The 20-year-old told Teen Vogue last year that she is “intentional” about the projects she lends herself and her talent to. So it’s a good thing that Tayarisha Poe‘s directorial debut, “Selah and the Spades” hits Amazon Prime April 17th, and has motivational scenes in spades. Parents need to know that Selah and the Spades is a drama set in an East Coast private school.First-time writer-director Tayarisha Poe has created a vibrant world that begins and ends at Haldwell School. These days, while stuck at home under Covid-19 quarantine, we spend our time scrolling through streaming services looking for something to keep us motivated. As the school year comes to an end, Selah must contend with the reality that she will lose control of The Spades, with sophomore upstart Paloma making waves. Selah as a character is complex, and I think she represents a lot of young women that don't get a lot of representation in the media. Seventeen-year-old Selah Summers (Lovie Simone) runs the most dominant group in an elite boarding school, the Spades, with unshakable poise, as they cater to the most classic of vices and supply students with coveted, illegal alcohol and pills. Set in the closed world of an elite Pennsylvania boarding school, the Haldwell, where the student body is run by five factions, the film stars a young cast of fresh new faces, including Lovie Simone as the titular Selah Summers. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Football in the fall, basketball in the winter, softball every spring. It sticks out for many reasons—it’s pretty damn catchy, and well, I couldn’t help but tie … First things first: I had to know the inspiration behind the title. At Haldwell, it’s The Prefects who keep the administration blissfully unaware of the student body’s ongoings. "Selah and the Spades" DP Jomo Fray says the visual design for the film's protagonist was built from Rihanna's song "Savage." SELAH AND THE SPADES premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and it’s out in the UK on 17 April on Amazon Prime. I say "refreshing" as well because while the cast is predominantly made up of Black people and people of color, the movie doesn't use race as a main plot device. This is Tayarisha Poe’s debut feature as a writer/director. The Sea, run by Tarit (Henry Hunter Hall): It’s simple, they’re teacher’s pets gone rogue for petty cash. 'Selah And The Spades' Star Lovie Simone Is A Fierce & Fly Hair Chameleon. The Spades, led by Selah (Lovie Simone, center): The Spades deal in the most classic of vices: booze, pills, powders, fun. Here she is with her bomb twist out: Speaking of hair, Lovie is known for being tresses chameleon, rocking every style imaginable. But what happens when a control freak feels all that power slowly slip away? If you have yet to catch the new indie film Selah and the Spades on Amazon Prime, please do, because the film and its star Lovie Simone are flawless. Written and directed by Tayarisha Poe, her brilliant feature film debut centers on Selah (Simone), an overachieving and whip-smart high school senior who attends a lush boarding school in Pennslyvania. She’s joined by Celeste O’Connor, Jharrel Jerome, Jesse Williams, Gina Torres, and Ana Mulvoy Ten. Released by Lakeshore Records in 2020 containing music from Selah & the Spades (2020). We will see her next in the remake of the cult-classic horror film, The Craft. In Selah’s case, she begins to crack and unleashes on anyone who poses a threat to her legacy.”.

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