The production of “Candyman” has been a long and twisting road for director Nia DaCosta, but the film’s premiere date is steadily inching closer.
DaCosta discussed the film’s social themes and relation to Juneteenth in a feature video on Saturday.“Especially last year, I was thinking a lot about the duality of the Black experience in America,” DaCosta said.
“At once, it’s a place of this great hope, which I think is what Juneteenth represents in one way.
It’s a celebration of us, of life, of freedom, of possibility.
On the other side, it’s incredibly difficult and there’s a lot of pain and they kind of walk hand in hand.
That’s something about this film, as well.
There’s still this sort of bittersweet hope.
I started working on the film in winter 2019 and so much changed in that time.
We had the pandemic happen,
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