As Aleshea Harris makes her feature directorial debut, she’s establishing her own cinematic style, which pulls from many influences. The Is God Is writer/director recently noted that despite several comparisons to Quentin Tarantino, she’s trying to do “my own thing” with the Southern Gothic revenge thriller, now playing in theaters. “I don’t want to be like […]

With his sinister new role in Is God Is, Sterling K. Brown was eager to work with writer/director Aleshea Harris on her feature debut. The Oscar nominee, who plays the Monster in Harris’ thriller, explained that he was excited to work on the “incredibly creative” film from the Pulitzer-nominated playwright that lets Black women be […]

Kara Young isn’t a breakout star in 2026. She’s been nominated for four Tony Awards and won two of them, one for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Purlie Victorious and then another for her work in Purpose. But, hopes are very high that her new movie, Is God Is, will make her a sought-after talent on screen as well.

The kill list in “Is God Is” is a short one: a single name, and not even a name at that. The sole target of Aleshea Harris’ incendiary revenge movie is credited only as “the Monster,” and really, he’s very much just a man. Men are the enemy here, but so are women, their children […]