EXCLUSIVE: Aoi Takeya will make his television debut in the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice‘s second season.
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Attica and Tembi Locke are the creative duo, showrunner/writers, executive producers and sisters behind Netflix’s limited series From Scratch, which premiered on the streamer Friday. The film stars Zoe Saldana, Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Kellita Smith, Eugenio Mastrandrea and Judith Scott.
From Scratch is a cross-cultural love story that follows Amy (played by Saldana) , an American student studying abroad in Italy, as she meets and falls in love with Lino, a Sicilian chef. Their whirlwind romance faces many unforeseen challenges, including their very different cultural backgrounds of which Lino’s family is not accepting of Amy’s. But when Lino is faced with unimaginable health challenges and the couple’s future is threatened, the two families come together to create an extended family unlike any they could have imagined, proving that love crosses all borders.
The From Scratch series is based on the book of the autobiographical book of the same name written by Tembi Locke. The story was written to inspire people to embrace resilience, love, and the power of community with their work. She put pen to paper and began the cathartic experience of writing down her personal story. After being picked up by Simon and Schuster, the book went on to chart the New York Times-bestsellers list and was chosen as a 2019 Reese’s Book Club pick, and quickly picked up by Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine and Netflix.
Besides being a best-selling author, Tembi is also a TV producer, actor, screenwriter, and advocate who is a nationally recognized speaker for her keynotes on resilience, loss, and motherhood. She has also created online courses for caregivers, stemming from her years of caretaking for her late
EXCLUSIVE: Aoi Takeya will make his television debut in the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice‘s second season.
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Based on a memoir by Tembi Locke, who developed the miniseries with her sister Attica Locke (“When They See Us”), “From Scratch” is a heartfelt, if sometimes overlong, story of two very different families becoming one through love and loss. Anchored by a strong lead performance from Zoe Saldaña, whose depth keeps the series from becoming a walking live, laugh, love sign.
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