Amazon studio has premiered the official trailer and the directed by Tayarisha Poe‘s feature film debut “selah and the spades” which the made as a next selection at the 2019 sundance film festival. The film takes place in an elite Pennsylvania boarding school, and follow the twisted relationship between Selah summers (Lovie Simone).
The leader of the most dominant social clique and her new protege, Paloma (Celeste O’ Connor), The Caldwell, the student’s body is run by five factions. Poe said that “Selah” was inspired by “no-pulp orange juice. brutalist architecture, codes of silence, rats, ineffectual adults, control, pleats in skirts, color, Rihanna as a way of being, Cardigans, Seventeen-year-old selah summers run the most dominant group.
The spades, with unshakable poise, as they cater to the most classic of vices and supply students with coveted, Tensions between the factions escalate, and when selah’s best friend/right hand Maxxi becomes distracted by a new love, But with graduation looming and Paloma proving an impressively quick study, The searing character study encapsulates just how intoxicating power can be fora teenage girl who acutely feels the threat of being denied it.
Tensions between the factions escalate, and when Selah’s best friend/right hand Maxxie (MOONLIGHT’S Jharrel Jerome) become distracted by a new love, selah takes on a protegee, enamored sophomore Paloma. In her feature debut, writer Tayarisha Poe immerses us in a heightened depiction of teenage politics.
Exciting newcomer Lovie Simone’s performance beautifully embodies both Selah’s publicly impeccable command and the internal fears and uncertainly that drive it. his could be a very interesting movie, and it may end up getting more attention than it normally would as people look for new options on streaming.
They carry a drama, playing overachieving prep school queen, in the film has more style than a story, but that is an extraordinary style compare to the story. Amazon has set an April 17 premiere date for “Selah and the Spades” on prime. and it is an original series based on the teen drama. which Poe will write, direct, and produce, along with Lauren McBride, who also produced with the film.
