Slanted — The Movie
Writer and director Amy Wang jumps into race and racism in her film, Slanted. With a premiere at SXSW in 2025, this week the satirical comedy enjoys a national release in theatres compliments of distributors at Bleecker Street and Fox Entertainment Studios. With an anticipated “limited theatrical run”, beginning this Friday, March 13, distributors project an expanded national release in the coming weeks.
Look race in the face
Slanted will challenge audiences to look race in the face. The film seats concepts of race in front of a mirror. Viewers will look through the eyes of the main character, Joan Huang, with humor, longing and a need to fit in. When the character attempts to leave behind the difficulties that society throws her way—because her skin is not white, her hair is not blond and her nose is not pixie perfect—ironic humor, exaggerated scenarios and well-placed ridicule are unavoidable outcomes.
Is beauty only skin-deep?
This is a film about identity and finding a place to fit in. Seen through the eyes of a person of color who improbably finds a way to experience life living in white skin, as a blue-eyed blondie, is intended to land with a few laughs. However, audiences will take an intentional dive into Wang’s deeper subtext about the insidious nature of racism and its effects on both the recipient and the instigator. The film smartly uses wit, wisdom and wonder to shine a light on race through firsthand experiences from two different perspectives.
Slanted stars Shirley Chen as Joan Huang—also known for her role in Dìdi; Maitreyi Ramakrishnan plays Brindha—you can also find her in Never Have I Ever; and Mckenna Grace as Jo Hunt—who starred in Regretting You.
RATED R
By María Felicia Kelley — @1mariafelicia, 11 March 2026
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