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Bridget Stokes to helm fantasy-noir detective story ‘Zugzwang’

Los Angeles, Jan 9 (UNI) Emmy-winning director Bridget Stokes is set to helm the genre-blending detective story ‘Zugzwang’.
Stokes made history in 2022 as the first Black woman to win an Emmy for directing a variety series, earning the accolade for her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, created by Robin Thede.
She has now written and will direct Zugzwang, a fantasy-noir centered on a private detective named Lady.
According to the logline shared by Variety, Lady “takes on a risky case in hopes of redemption, only to find herself pulled into an ever-expanding world of corruption.”
Christina Elmore has been cast as the lead, with Hannah Love Lanier (Lioness), Kathreen Khavari (This Is Spinal Tap 2), and Angel Laketa Moore (A Black Lady Sketch Show) joining the project.
“‘Zugzwang’ is a story about confronting the parts of ourselves we’ve buried in order to survive,” Stokes said. “Lady’s journey is both thrilling and deeply human, an exploration of what happens when we stop resisting the universe and instead learn to dance with it.”
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