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An untamed state6/29/2023 “To be able to tell a black woman’s story and have it directed by a black woman is a dream come true, I’ll tell you what. To be able to tell a black woman’s story and have it directed by a black woman is a dream come true, I’ll tell you what. In the historical fiction novel An Untamed State by Roxane Gay, Mireille Duval Jameson, a Haitian native and American citizen, was kidnapped when she visited. #WorldBookDay: 13 Good Reads ESSENCE Editors Recommend Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been casted to star as the lead, thus completing the ultimate trifecta of Black Girl Magic. The novel “explores the privilege that made her a target and the strength she must draw on to survive and reclaim her life,” as reported in Deadline. Gay’s novel tells the powerful and unflinching story of a Haitian-American woman, Mireille Duval Jameson, kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child. 'An Untamed State' is dedicated to 'women, the world over,' but this crime happens in Haiti, also the subject of Gays first short story collection, 'Ayiti.' As in Teju Coles 'Every Day Is for. Kevin Hart to Publish a Memoir, ‘From the Hart’ I am co writing the script with director Gina Prince Bythewood.” I am co writing the script with director Gina Prince Bythewood. Roxane Gay nabbed her own movie! Our favorite Bad Feminist (her 2014 memoir title) announced on Twitter that she and Beyond The Lights and The Secret Life of Bees director Gina Prince-Bythewood would be co-writing the screenplay for her novel debut, An Untamed State.
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