Keke Palmeris discovering her inner power.
“I ✊🏾 AM ✊🏾FREEDOM ✊🏾 Ain’t nothing like a black woman stepping into her POWER,” Palmer wrote on Instagram,sharing the trailer. “WE ALL COME FROM ALICE’S because only the strong survived!” In a previous post, the 28-year-old actress wrote, “This film is very close to my heart & I poured my soul into my character, Alice. I hope you love her as much as I do.”
Ver Linden toldtheLos Angeles Timesthat part of the inspiration behind the story came from aPEOPLE magazine articleher mom sent her to read about Mae Miller, who, along with her family, were held like enslaved people in Mississippi before escaping in the 1960s. Said the filmmaker, “Her journey out and what she did with her life when she got out was truly inspiring.”
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Palmer toldThe Hollywood Reporterlast month of how this movie is different from others that tackle slavery, and why it felt right to tell today.
Keke Palmer inAlice(2022).PHOTO: Roadside Attractions and Vertical EntertainmentKeke Palmer inAlice(2022).PHOTO: Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment
Keke Palmer inAlice(2022).
PHOTO: Roadside Attractions and Vertical EntertainmentKeke Palmer inAlice(2022).PHOTO: Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment
“It was just very informative, exciting, engaging. I felt, ‘This is fresh.’ I felt empowered,” she said of reading the script for the first time. “This is the big thing for me. When we go back in time to our stuff, it’s like, ‘Here we go. Time to get sad. Time to get victimized.’ That’s not what happened here. That’s what I loved about it.”
“Then for it to be in the 1970s, one of the biggest times of the Black Power movement — it just got me amped up. It got me excited,” added Palmer. “This is the twist we need. This is the twist of now.”
Aliceis in theaters March 18.
source: people.com
