Learn what it means to be “savage,” according to director Tayarisha Poe.
Poe aspired to be an individual.
She wanted to feel like she had power in her future.
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But society wasn’t about to let her take hold that easy.
It was a move you may call “savage.”
Poe would call it: Savage by Fenty
“We came up with a visual style called savage.
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“Just this impossibly cool, disaffected yet beautiful, unapproachable, but also really relatable.”
The other factions are as follows: the C’s, the teacher’s pets.
The Skins, “dealing with anything you might gamble on.”
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The Prefects, led by student body president, Two Thomas.
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The movie is smattered with deep focus cinematography, led by the director of photography Jomo Fray.
In Selah, Simone creates a thrilling new kind of antihero.
The actress reflects particularly on a moment on set back in the summer of 2017.
She was developing the character with Poe, discussing how to make the insidious side of Selah come alive.
“She was like, Selah is the girl that roots for the villain in the movie.
It’s all about your shadow self.
This side of you is something you should accept rather than banish, Poe says.
“If you leave the movie with the understanding that Selah is the scorpion, then so what?”
Poe poses to EW.
“For Selah in that moment, it is an extremely effective lesson.
Because from that point on in my mind she’s thinking ‘am I the scorpion?’
But, like, scorpions need love to!”
Poe laughs and adds, “I feel likeDrakewould really agree with that.”
Selah and the Spadesis now streaming on Amazon Prime.
