"The inspiration for The Mothers came from writing toward what gave me anxiety as a teenager. "But then that choice leads her to make a lot of other choices that have larger ramifications throughout her life - and her sister's life as well." Writing The Mothers "When Stella is presented with a job opportunity that requires her to be white, she ends up jumping at that opportunity, mostly out of necessity as she needs to work. I found it difficult to understand why somebody would want to do that." That was the first time I'd ever seen a character that passed. "But it was very striking to me because I had never heard of racial passing until I saw that movie. I always had conversations within my family about skin colour. Colourism feels like something I have always been aware of. I think that was my mother's interest in the film. Apart from race, it is also a story about mothers and daughters. "I watched the film Imitation of Life with my mom when I was young. Those are things that you pick up on as a kid. It was something that I was always observing around me - who was considered beautiful, who was considered smart, who was considered desirable.
"Colourism feels like something I have always been aware of. Actress Kerry Washington is producing the feature film for Warner Bros.īennett spoke with Eleanor Wachtel from her home in Brooklyn. A screen adaptation is also in the works for Bennett's debut novel, The Mothers, published when she was 26.
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