OH MY GAWD. Y’ALL.
LOOK AT THIS STILL OF QUEEN LATIFAH AS BESSIE SMITH FROM THE UPCOMING HBO BIOPIC. LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT HER. LOOK HOW AWESOME.
I REALLY HOPE THIS IS A GOOD FILM AND DOES JUSTICE TO MS. SMITH BUT IN THE MEANTIME IMA BE OVER HERE TEARING UP AT THIS VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF BLACK WOMEN’S MUSICAL LEGACIES + HOW GOOD QUEEN LATIFAH LOOKS + THE SOUTHERN VERNACULAR AESTHETIC OF IT ALL.
Wooooow.
