Film Movement Acquires Nana Mensah’s Spirit Award-Nominated Dramedy ‘Queen Of Glory’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to the dramedy Queen of Glory, written, directed by and starring Nana Mensah, from Magnolia Pictures International, with plans to release it in theaters and on digital and VOD later this year.In her debut feature, Mensah plays Sarah, a Ghanaian-American doctoral student at Columbia University who is weeks away from following her very married boyfriend to Ohio when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her as the owner of the small, Bronx-based Christian bookstore, King of Glory.
Tasked with planning a culturally respectful funeral befitting the family matriarch, Sarah is forced to juggle the expectations of her loving, yet demanding family while also navigating the reappearance of her estranged father.
Aided by an only-in-New York ensemble of Eastern European neighbors, feisty African aunties and a no-nonsense ex-con co-worker, she faces her new responsibilities while figuring out how to remain true to herself.Queen of Glory was produced by Jamund Washington, Kelley Robin Hicks and Baff Akoto and also stars Meeko, Oberon K.A.
Adjepong and Adam Leon. The made its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the award for Best New Narrative Director.
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