Exclusive: Director Tayarisha Poe and Kiersey Clemons talk The Young Wife
Hitting Digital from Republic Pictures on May 31 is The Young Wife, written and directed by Tayarisha Poe and starring the film stars Kiersey Clemons, Leon Bridges, Kelly Marie Tran, Michaela Watkins, Aya Cash, Sandy Honig, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lukita Maxwell, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Judith Light.
The story of a young woman named Celestina (Kiersey Clemons) grappling with the meaning of love in the face of an uncertain world, The Young Wife is a sunny day panic attack and a wholly new take on the wedding film following her over the course of her "non-wedding" day. All that stands between this young woman and marital bliss with her soon-to-be husband is surviving the chaos & expectations of family & friends, each intensifying her spiraling panic.
The film had had its world premiere at the 2023 South by Southwest Festival.
Poe, who also produced the film with Anne Carey, is making her second feature film after directing Selah and the Spades previously, as well as a few other shorts and series.
Kiersey Clemons has appeared in the DC film The Flash, Dope, Antebellum, Sweetheart, Hearts Beat Loud, and the Amazon Studios film Somebody I Used to Know. She recently starred in the indie film Susie Searches. She currently stars in the Apple TV+ series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Poe and Clemons on the making of The Young Wife.
