In ‘A Thousand And One,’ Teyana Taylor Shines As A Determined Mother

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By Kovie Biakolo ·Updated January 25, 2023

There are quite a few surprises (and plot twists) in director and writer A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One film, which premiered on Sunday evening at Sundance. The story, which at first may seem like it strings together tired clichés, centers on a young Black woman, Inez (Teyana Taylor), who has recently been released from Rikers prison in the mid-90s. She

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