Amandla Stenberg Always Stood by 'The Hate U Give' on Its Journey to the Big Screen

Amandla Stenberg was absolutely committed to making sureThe Hate U Give, which was published in 2017, made its way to the big screen.

The film, which was released last October, is based on the immensely popular YA novel of the same name. The story follows a high school girl named Starr, who witnesses a police officer shoot her best friend.

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The actress went on to point out that even if audience members couldn’t personally relate to the film, she hoped they would be able to “understand that we are people with real lives and experiences.”

“That was the motivating force behind it — there were some bumps in the road here and there, but I think it all really started with Angie Thomas and her just having the courage to put her heart into something like that and wanting to make that a reality on screen,” she added.

Sadly, one day before the film was released,screenwriter Audrey Wellsdied after a long battle with cancer. She was 58.

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source: people.com