Aleshea Harris on Adapting 'Is God Is' From Stage to Screen and Finding Classical Tragedy in the American South

Summary

Playwright and filmmaker Aleshea Harris discusses her journey from financial hardship (living on food stamps and working multiple jobs including at David's Bridal) to adapting her play "Is God Is" into a film. She explains how studying "O Brother, Where Art Thou" shaped her vision of classical tragedy set in the American South, blending Greek tragedy elements with a Southern Gothic aesthetic.