I May Destroy You, Da 5 Bloods

Poet, writer and actress, Michaela Coel has many strings to her bow. And in 2016, the rising star was in the midst of one of the most exciting periods of her life.

the BBC show is already earning high praise for its ability to take on these topics realistically and powerfully. The first four episodes have already aired and Twitter is alight with praise, so it’s definitely one to check out.For all the latest stories on EVOKE, click here.

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and BlacKkKlansman co-writer Kevin Willmott have teamed for a biopic onArthur Ashe, the civil rights activist and the only Black man to have won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open. Oscar-winner Willmott, a frequent collaborator of Spike Lee and co-writer of the filmmaker's latestDa 5 Bloods, will pen the screenplay.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen the night first starts to go south, Arabella (Michaela Coel) chalks it up to a mistake she’s made before. After promising herself that she’d stay sober, get productive and be good, she gives in to her restlessness and goes out for “just one drink.” Some time later — impossible to tell how much — she wakes up right back where she started, as if shaken out of a nightmare.

Adele is a huge fan of Michaela Coel’s new series “I May Destroy You”.

Singer and living legend Adele took to social media, where she praised Michaela Coel. Coel, a British genius, who is a writer and the creator behind the hit series, I May Destroy You.

Adele has hailed Michaela Coel’s new TV series as “the best thing” she has seen on British television “for years”.

I May Destroy You creator and star Michaela Coel says that writing about her sexual assault in the new Netflix show was a “cathartic” experience.The show is based on the real-life experience of Chewing Gum creator Coel being drugged and sexually abused.“It took me two and a half years all in all to write it and I didn’t do any other job,” she told Radio 1’s Newsbeat in a new interview.“It’s been quite hard but cathartic because I’m reflecting on a dark time rather than feeling it is happening to

The initial batch of reviews are in for Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods. Lee directed, co-wrote and produced the film, which follows four African-American vets that return to Vietnam later in life.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee follows his long overdue Oscar win for “BlacKkKlansman” by revealing a side of the Vietnam story that’s seldom told. Through the Trojan horse of a treasure-hunt adventure movie, the director explores the mindset of Black soldiers who fought for their country at a time when African Americans were being oppressed at home.

American Chopper is on the channel that's hard to not call the Discovery Channel but is technically just called Discovery, and the kids' movie Artemis Fowl is skipping theaters and heading straight to Disney+. But there's stuff on Netflix too, of course, most notably the new Spike Lee joint Da 5 Bloods and Season 2 of dating reality series Dating Around.

I May Destroy You—the trailer —and, if I’m being honest, by the time the credits were rolling, I still have no idea what I’m in for as the series continues. But that’s the magic of I May Destroy You.

I May Destroy You might just be the TV show of the summer. The new, gripping drama stars Michaela Cole (Chewing Gum) as a young woman who was drugged and sexually assaulted after a night out and must piece together what happened in the following days.

She may not have foreseen a global pandemic or international protests tied to police brutality, but Michaela Coel's new HBO series I May Destroy You has a feeling of bracing, uncomfortable immediacy. Coel's second series as creator-star is marked by its filter-free treatment of sexuality, mockery of social media performativity and cross-section examination of a generation trying to find a voice.

I May Destroy Youhas a timely throughline that contrasts the crises of individuals with those of the world.