In Conversation: Lena Waithe and Radha Blank

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Self-described ‘rebellious artists’ Lena Waithe and Radha Blank talk about their current project, The 40-Year-Old Version, which won Blank Best Director at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and is being released on Netflix at the end of the year. They circumnavigate topics including being black female creatives in a time of coronavirus, Waithe’s Emmy for Master Of None, the response to her film Queen & Slim, and doing an Instagram Live with Halle Berry during lockdown.

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