Kasi Lemmons

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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Kasi Lemmons Movies

Discover the best movies directed by Kasi Lemmons. Explore the complete filmography, including critically acclaimed masterpieces, box office hits, and top-rated Kasi Lemmons films ranked by score.

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Harriet (2019)

Drama History
Born into bondage in Maryland, Araminta Ross walked nearly a hundred miles through darkness to reach Philadelphia and freedom. What followed was even more remarkable. Renaming herself Harriet Tubman, she...
Score 7.3

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