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Black horror
- In Black horror: Notable Black horror films
• Us (2019), written and directed by Peele, tells the story of a woman (played by Lupita Nyong’o) who fights to protect her husband and two children from dangerous doppelgangers.
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discussed in biography
- In Jordan Peele
…and directing the horror film Us (2019). It centres on a middle-class family headed by Adelaide and Gabe (Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke) who find themselves under attack by their own doppelgängers. The movie was both critically praised and highly popular. Peele then helped create and served as narrator for…
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history of film
- In history of film: United States
…won a screenwriting Oscar, and Us (2019). Other movies from this category included Sterlin Harjo’s Four Sheets to the Wind (2007), Miguel Arteta’s Beatriz at Dinner (2017), and Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name (2017).
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role of Nyong’o
- In Lupita Nyong’o
…included Jordan Peele’s horror film Us, in which she starred as the mother of a family whose home is invaded by violent doppelgängers, and the zombie comedy Little Monsters. Also that year she reprised her role as Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In the espionage thriller…
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