Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons ˈkeɪsi born Karen Diane Lemmons February 24 1959 is an American film director screenwriter and actress She made her directorial debut with Eves Bayou 1997 followed by The Cavemans Valentine 2001 Talk to Me 2007 Black Nativity 2013 Harriet 2019 and Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2022 She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made 2020 and an episode of ABCs Women of the Movement 2022 She is also known as an actress having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonalds and Levis She made her film debut in Spike Lees School Daze 1988 She continued acting in Vampires Kiss 1989 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 and Candyman 1992 Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon described her as an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia