Pale Horse.”
In related news, Gabby has partnered with the Child Mind Institute to launch the Getting Better Together campaign to encourage kids to reach out for help with their mental struggles.
“When I was around 19 or 20, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and an eating disorder,” Sidibe shared with PEOPLE. “I remember having almost no one, really, to turn to. I couldn’t talk about it with my parents, or my friends or my friend’s parents. Everyone would tell me I was too young, too young to feel sad all the time or too young to feel stressed out.”
Effie T. Brown (
Wellington Love (
The United States vs. Billie Holiday) are producing on behalf of Gamechanger Films, according to the report. Production is set to begin this fall in the Pacific Northwest.
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“I’m super excited to work with Gamechanger on my first feature!” said Sidibe. “This project is a true stand-out and the character of ‘Naia’ is a Bad Ass! Effie and Wellington are powerhouse visionaries and I’m so excited to be able to work with them to create this gripping thriller with complex characters.”
Gamechanger Films is dedicated to highlighting projects by and about women, people of color, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.
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Gabourey Sidibe To Make Feature Directorial Debut With Thriller ‘Pale Horse’
Gabourey Sidibe is making her feature debut with psychological thriller Pale Horse, which is scheduled to shoot this fall https://t.co/gjBAsWQWoj Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) May 6, 2021
As if being an Oscar nominated actor and an author wasn t enough, Gabourey Sidibe is also adding film director to her resume.
Written by Asabi Lee and Paul Hart-Wilden (Wolf Town), and based on a story by Chris Courtney Martin (The Last Laugh), Pale Horse centres around Naia, a highly regarded but reclusive African-American YA author living with MS. Naia finds herself enveloped in a dark mystery when she gives shelter to a man who escaped captivity with her long-lost brother.