Exclusive: Letitia Wright and director Anthony Mandler talk Surrounded
Now available everywhere digital since June 20th from MGM is the western film, Surrounded, directed by Anthony Mandler and starring Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, Jeffrey Donovan, with Brett Gelman and Michael K. Williams. The script was written by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas..
Five years after the Civil War, freedwoman and former Buffalo Soldier Moses “Mo” Washington travels west to lay claim on a gold mine- the summation of years of toil for Mo and her community. It is a mean, dangerous world for an unaccompanied Black woman in 1870 America and so Mo travels into the deep frontier disguised as a man. After her stagecoach is ambushed by a group of murderous thieves, Mo is forced to hold legendary outlaw Tommy Walsh (played by Jamie Bell) captive while the remaining surviving passengers seek out help. What ensues is a battle of wills, blurring the line between captor and captive, as they both try to survive the harsh western landscape.
Wright is best known for her breakout role of Suri in Marvel’s Black Panther. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She was also seen in Death on the Nile and The Silent Twins.
Mandler’s feature film directorial debut Monster, based on the bestselling young adult novel by Walter Dean Meyers starred Kelvin Harrison Jr., John David Washington and Jeffrey Wright.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Wright and Mandler regarding filming this western and working with the late Michael K. Williams.
