With their secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs, these church ladies are as seductive as they want to be, as vulnerable as they need to be, as unfaithful and unrepentant as they care to be, and as free as they deserve to be. Different generations of women characters grapple with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church’s double standards and their own needs and passions. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good.

It contains nine stories about Black women, church, and sexuality. The short story collection, written by Deesha Philyaw, was published in September and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. She must go on a journey from self-reproach to love, but to do so she’ll have to overcome untold obstacles-defeating her hated sorcerer father and becoming the instrument of prophetic deliverance for a land of oppressed people, all the while fighting to master the terrifying powers growing inside her.Īt HBO Max, Thompson is also exec producing an adaptation of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Who Fears Death tells the coming of age tale of Onyesowu in post-apocalyptic North Africa where her story makes her an outcast. The trio join Angela Mancuso and Michael Lombardo as EPs with Okorafor as co-exec producer. Martin as one of the exec producers, Aïda Mashaka Croal, a writer on Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, has also come board as showrunner, writer and exec producer. In the works at HBO since 2017 with Game of Thrones author George R.R. WHO FEARS DEATH: NNEDI OKORAFOR: 9780008288747: : Books Buy new: 13.30 List Price: 14.62 Details Save: 1.32 (9) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Thursday, April 6 if you spend 25 on items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Tuesday, April 4. Who Fears Death is an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s eponymous book. Her The Book of Phoenix (2015) is a prequel to Who Fears Death.Lagoon (2014) is a science fiction work about aliens landing in Lagos. It is set in postapocalyptic Africa, and its main character has the power to shape-shift.

Thompson, who stars in and exec produces Amazon feature film Sylvie’s Love, will exec produce these two projects in development at HBO and HBO Max as part of the deal. Who Fears Death (2010) was Okorafor’s first novel for adults. 'The Last Of Us' TV Bosses On 'Moving The Bar Up' For Season 2 - Deadline FYC House + HBO Max

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