(It’s just too bad none of it was included in the only trailer HBO cut for it.)

It’s a mix of epistolary non-fiction, memoir, and political thesis, with cinematography by Bradford Young, which of course means the new footage looks good.

How do you adapt a book that’s essentially a long, poetically-written missive from a father to his son? There’s maybe really no other way than what director Forbes does here - and she does pull it off. ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Likely Won’t Air Until 2025, Says HBO’s Drama Chief And for those reasons alone, the film is a kind of heartbreaking. It’s a dynamic visual ode to Coates’ poetic letter to his 15-year-old son, Samori Coates, on coming of age as a Black boy in America for a Black son who does not yet realize that he will very likely have to walk the same long, hard road in a country that doesn’t love him back, like his father has done. Directed by award-winning Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes, this story of aspiration and durability combines elements of the original stage production, including readings from Coates’ book by a bevy of celebrities, and takes on a new urgency against the backdrop of a global pandemic that’s disproportionately affecting Black people, as well as the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the global protests that followed. “ Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2015 New York Times bestselling book - and the 2018 Apollo stage performance of the same name - has been reimagined for the small screen.

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