It starred Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson, as well as Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett. Lemmons is also attached to direct the Apartheid-set drama Agaat, based on Marlene van Niekerk's novel, in addition to an adaptation of Zadie Smith's best-selling novel On Beauty. Lemmons explained during an interview that she considered writing to be central to her task as a director:
It starred Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson, as well as Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
star
starred
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
Academy
Academy
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Award
Award
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Plur
winner
winners
NOUN
NNS
appos
Number=Sing
Forest
Forest
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Whitaker
Whitaker
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Jennifer
Jennifer
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Hudson
Hudson
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
as
as
ADV
RB
fixed
Degree=Pos
well
well
ADV
RB
fixed
as
as
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Academy
Academy
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Award
Award
PROPN
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
nominee
nominee
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Angela
Angela
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Bassett
Bassett
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Lemmons is also attached to direct the Apartheid-set drama Agaat, based on Marlene van Niekerk's novel, in addition to an adaptation of Zadie Smith's best-selling novel On Beauty.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Lemmons
Lemmons
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
attach
attached
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
direct
direct
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Apartheid
Apartheid
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
set
set
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Sing
drama
drama
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Agaat
Agaat
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
base
based
VERB
VBN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Marlene
Marlene
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
van
van
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Niekerk
Niekerk
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
novel
novel
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
addition
addition
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
adaptation
adaptation
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Zadie
Zadie
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Smith
Smith
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
Degree=Sup
good
best
ADJ
JJS
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Number=Sing
sell
selling
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
novel
novel
NOUN
NN
case
on
On
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Beauty
Beauty
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Lemmons explained during an interview that she considered writing to be central to her task as a director:
nsubj
Number=Sing
Lemmons
Lemmons
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
explain
explained
VERB
VBD
case
during
during
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
interview
interview
NOUN
NN
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
acl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
consider
considered
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
writing
writing
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
xcomp
Degree=Pos
central
central
ADJ
JJ
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
task
task
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
director
director
NOUN
NN
punct
:
:
PUNCT
: