Movie Review: Queen & Slim by Tamice Spencer

“Psalm 139: when the psalmist talks about, “I made my bed in the depths.” It’s not like, I dipped my toe in there. The writer means it, I have made my bed in the depths and even there you are with me. So there’s this sense of the presence of God in this culture that has always been deemed so anti-God and yet these men and women talk about God all the time. There’s an incredible awareness in the black community of the presence of God even within un-Godly circumstances and scenarios. Beloved, Even if we make our bed in the depths, God is there!"-Heaven For A G? CCDA Conference 2019

Queen and Slim are haunted by two things, whiteness, and God.

In the film, it’s hard to tell which pursuit is the most troubling.

First, a synopsis.

After meeting up for dinner on their first date, a young couple is continuing their evening when a policeman pulls them over in the middle of the night for a minor traffic infraction. Despite the low severity level of their situation, the cop becomes aggressive and t…