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Why ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Filmmaker Chose Two Women of Color to Tell His Own Army Veteran Story
When "My Dead Friend Zoe" filmmaker Kyle Hausmann-Stokes set out to adapt his own experiences as an Army vet onto the big screen, he chose two women
Starring Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales, “My Dead Friend Zoe” is a dark dramedy that follows Merit (Martin-Green), a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe (Morales), her dead best friend from the Army. Morales says the stars have already been asked, “Have you ever heard of a white man telling his story through two women of color?” while doing press at the Austin festival and have pride in being the exception to the rule here. “My Dead Friend Zoe” producers include Paul Scanlan, Hausmann-Stokes, Terri Lubaroff, Ray Maiello, Mike Field, Richard Silverman and Robert Paschall Jr.
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