Gina Prince-Bythewood

‘Beyond the Lights’ Has a Respect for Storytelling

Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 14, 2014 - 6:10pm

Rating: 3.5/5.0

CHICAGO – Writer/Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, the creator of the cult favorite “Love & Basketball,” is back with another original story that she created, an intimate and romantic perspective on a singer on the path to nowhere, despite superstar-level fame. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as that singer in “Beyond the Lights.”

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