Miami Film Fest–
Denzel Washington was the subject of a retrospective, culminating with a conversation with the double Oscar winner.
Washington stars in Gladiator 2 with Paul Mescal, set for release in November.
Washington Family Affair
He is also producing The Piano Lesson, which will feature John David Washington in front of the camera and his other son, Malcolm Washington, behind it as director. Daughter Katia is a producer on the film, which also features a cameo from daughter Olivia.
Samuel L. Jackson, Corey Hawkins and Danielle Deadwyler also star.
“As a parent, as a father, you want to jump in,” he confessed. “It’s hard letting them go.”
Washington also shared that he doesn’t watch other movies besides his own, and even those he watches just once to familiarize himself for interviews.
However, the audience let out the biggest gasp when he suggested people could be seeing him less onscreen in the near future.
Rae, who served as the creative director of this year’s festival, kicked off this edition of the event, which spanned June 12-16. In her remarks, she emphasized the importance of community at ABFF and testified to how it had helped her in her own career early on and why, in the face of attacks on diversity, it’s more important than ever.
“I met so many of my creative partnerships here. This is the space to do it, especially now that our spaces are being taken away from us,” she added, referencing the recent DEI rollbacks in the industry and the nation at large.
Also during the event, Rae led a talk with Barris, while Kerry Washington showcased the upcoming season of her Hulu show Unprisioned. Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict shared a first-look and discussed their starring roles in Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black for Amazon Prime.
