Cinema’s obsession with rock stars’ lives has not hitherto found much time for Black women. That tune looks set to change
Hollywood’s musical biopic fever is, once again, in full swing. Buzz has never been louder for Sam Mendes’s ambitious Fab Four biopic – a quartet of films from the perspective of each Beatle – even with the release date still being three years away. Meanwhile, although Timothée Chalamet might not have taken home the Oscar for his lauded performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, pundits are already tipping The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White for next year’s prize for his turn as Bruce Springsteen in the forthcoming Deliver Me From Nowhere.
But amid the discourse around how much Paul Mescal may or may not look like McCartney and whether White can nail those gravelly vocals, two other recent biopic announcements – among the slate’s most exciting yet – risk being drowned out despite their considerable cultural significance.
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