Acclaimed Actor Makes Directorial Debut

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Daniel Kaluuya has appeared in many notable projects as either a lead actor or key contributor, but he’s now making his debut in another area. The trailer for his directorial debut “The Kitchen” is now available online. He’s co-directing this project with Kibwe Tavares for Netflix, and he also co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Murtagh. A release about the project describes it in this manner: “In a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains. A community that refuses to move out of the place they call home. This is where we meet a solitary Izi, living here by necessity and desperately trying to find a way out, and a 12-year-old Benji, who has lost his mother and is searching for a family. We follow our unlikely pair as they struggle to forge a relationship in a system that is stacked against them.” The film stars Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Ian Wright, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Cristale, BackRoad Gee, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo. Kaluuya described the film to Shadow and Act in their exclusive interview by...