Hello and welcome to theScene 2 Seen podcastseason 2!
I am your host Valerie Complex.
Now were back in business with guestTeyana TaylorandA.V.
A. V. Rockwell and Teyana TaylorMichael Buckner for Deadline
Rockwell (writer, director, executive producer) is an award-winning screenwriter and director.
Rockwells debut feature film, A Thousand and One, was written and directed forFocus Features.
The film stars Teyana Taylor and was produced by Sight Unseen, MakeReady and Lena Waithes Hillman Grad.
Rockwells short filmFeatherswas acquired by Searchlight Pictures ahead of its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
BothFeathersand her shorts seriesOpen City Mixtapeare streaming on the Criterion Collection.
More recently, she branched into acting, appearing in such films as the 2021 comedyComing 2 America.
Hailing from Harlem, Taylor says she felt an immediate and powerful connection to the character.
Inez being from New York of course spoke to me, you know?
Brooklyn or The Bronx, Queens, shes been all over, but shes a Harlem girl.
When I read the script, it was amazing.
I felt the character.
The actress was also touched by the central moral dilemma the film presents.
Shes been through a lot but still has a heart of gold.
Thats the important thing.
The intentions are so pure.
She just wants to help, and she just want to look out for Terry.
She wants to love and wants that love to be reciprocated.
