Rye Lane will be coming to Disney+ and streaming services have been revealed.Rye Lane, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, follows a black love story starring David Jonsson as Dom and Vivian Oparah as Yas in London.A synopsis reads: “Two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes and potentially restoring their faith in romance.”Here are some details about the movie, and when it’ll be heading to streaming.The film will be released in the UK and Ireland on Disney+ on May 3.Yes, the film is set to release on Hulu and Hulu+ on March 31.Yes, check it out below.
The trailer Dom and Yas as they begin to help each other with their nightmare ex-partners and look to restore their faith in romance – as well as providing a glimpse of the chemistry between Jonsson and Oparah in the rest of the movie.
In an interview with NME, Jonsson was eager to shift credit to Oparah for the quality of the performance making the movie what it is.“Vivian is responsible for how good it is, really,” he said. “You don’t have to do anything when you’re in a scene with her.”He added that he was surprised that director Raine Allen Miller gave him the role in the first place. “I’m not a romantic lead,” he added. “That’s just strange.”In a recent interview with The Independent, Oprah Winfrey spoke of how black women are often “hypersexualized” or ” de-romanticized” in romance films, but watching Oparah as Yas in Rye Lane made her feel “fab.”“As young, dark-skinned women, we’re often hypersexualized or de-romanticized.
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