Lena Waithe Believes A.V. Rockwell’s ‘A Thousand and One’ Deserves ‘Respect’ at the Oscars
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Lena Waithe can’t be anymore direct when talking about “A Thousand and One,” writer-director A.V.
Rockwell’s feature film debut. “Films like this oftentimes are not always seen or recognized by the Academy,” says Waithe, a producer on the Sundance Film Festival winner.
The film follows Inez (Teyana Taylor), a woman recently released from prison who kidnaps her son from the foster care system. “For us, that is the Super Bowl and with this little engine that can, we hope to make it all the way to the big game because the movie is worthy of that screenplay, direction, performance and film.
And I hope people really show the film the respect deserves.” Variety caught up with Waithe and Rockwell over a Zoom call on the morning after the Gotham Awards, where Rockwell won in the category of breakthrough director.
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