The Young Black Romance Movie Everyone Said No To Finally Sees The Light

BuzzFeed - “What I want to focus on are people of color in my films, and specifically women,” Beyond the Lights writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood told BuzzFeed News. “They’re never an easy sell.” Gina Prince-Bythewood on the set of Beyond the Lights. Suzanne Tenner/Relativity Media There's a moment in Beyond the Lights where burgeoning pop star Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) opens her eyes and looks fixedly at her would-be savior, who is gripping her hand, trying to botch her attempt to jump off of a Los Angeles hotel balcony. Desperate not to let her go, Kaz (Nate Parker) utters the words she most needs to hear: "I see you… I see you... I see you..." In that split second, it's as if he understands that in spite of Noni wielding this perceived power — and having the kind of lifestyle that Instagram addicts and fame-curious wannabes covet — no one is listening to the woman everyone says they want to hear from. In Beyond the Lights, writer and d