Exclusive: Regina Hall talks Mariama Diallo's thriller ‘Master’ & Co-Hosting The Oscars
Now Playing in Select Theaters and Available Globally on Prime Video is Mariama Diallo’s acclaimed feature debut, Master, starring Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, and Amber Gray.
In writer-director Mariama Diallo’s debut feature, Master, three women strive to find their place at a prestigious New England university whose frosty elitism may disguise something more sinister. Professor Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) has recently been promoted to “Master” of a residence hall, the first time at storied Ancaster College that a Black woman has held the post. Determined to breathe new life into a centuries-old tradition, Gail soon finds herself wrapped up in the trials and tribulations of Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee), an energetic and optimistic Black freshman.
Jasmine’s time at Ancaster hits a snag early on when she’s assigned a dorm room that is rumored to be haunted. Things get worse when Jasmine clashes in the classroom with Liv Beckman (Amber Gray), a professor in the middle of her own racially charged tenure review. As Gail tries to maintain order and fulfill the duties of a Master, the cracks begin to show in Ancaster’s once-immaculate facade. After a career spent fighting to make it into Ancaster’s inner circle, Gail is confronted with the horrifying prospect of what lies beneath, her question ultimately becoming not whether the school is haunted, but by whom.
Set to co-host the Oscars with Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer, Regina Hall is going back and forth between comedies and dramas for years. Last seen in Breaking News in Yuba County, her recent film credits include Shaft, Little, The Hate U Give, and Support the Girls, which made her the first African American to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Hall will next star opposite Sterling K. Brown in Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul and then reprise her role as Candace "Candy" Sparks in The Best Man: The Final Chapters.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Hall as she spoke about her role in Master and getting ready to co-host the Oscars.
