There was a semi-awkward moment at the Sundance Film Festival at tonight’s premiere of the Tiffany Haddish-led sci-fi film Landscape with Invisible Hand.
During a post-screening Q&A with the cast and filmmaker Cory Finley, an audience member asked what he prefaced as “a provocative question.” Posing it “mainly for the producers and also for the Sundance programming team,” the questioner asked the panel if they “found it ironic that you have a film that’s about exploited young artists and also has studio financing having its world premiere at an indie film festival.” Haddish quickly responded. “First of all,” she began with exaggerated emphasis, to the crowd’s amusement, “I’m a producer on this film, and I didn’t feel exploited.
And I feel like it’s very clear [Finlay] stood up for what he believed in, and I think that’s what every artist should do.” Watch the full exchange below.
MGM, Plan B and Annapurna are behind the film, which is Finley’s follow-up to his Emmy-winning Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman.
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