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Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen Diane Lemmons, February 24, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by The Caveman's Valentine (2001), Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020) and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022).
She is also known as an actress, having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992). Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon described her as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film".
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The Projectionist
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Half the Picture
Disconnect
Waist Deep
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Sisters in Cinema
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Gridlock'd
'Til There Was You
Zooman
Fear of a Black Hat
Drop Squad
Override
Hard Target
Candyman
Afterburn
The Silence of the Lambs
The Five Heartbeats
Before the Storm
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Vampire's Kiss
School Daze
The Gift of Amazing Grace
11th Victim