Erykah Badu Stars in New Film The Land, Nas Executive Producing and Producing Soundtrack
Erykah Badu photo by Trent Maxwell; Nas photo by Matt Salacuse
The Land is a new independent drama starring Erykah Badu that will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Directed by Steve Caple Jr., the film focuses on four Cleveland teenagers with dreams of professional skateboarding who get ensnared in a drug operation. As Variety reports, Nas is executive producing the film and producing the soundtrack.
In addition to Badu, The Land also features Michael K. Williams (“The Wire”, “Boardwalk Empire”) and Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
Erykah Badu’s latest mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, is out now.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story stated that Lizzie Friedman co-directed the film. Friedman is a producer alongside Karen Lauder, Greg Little, Tyler Davidson, Stephen Love, and Blake Pickens.
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