The first trailer for Universal Pictures' Queen & Slim is here, and it's sure to inspire some lively discussion ahead of the film's release this November. Joining a legacy of films such as Bonnie and Clyde and Thelma & Louise, Queen & Slim is described as "a powerful, consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence."

Writer Lena Waithe (The Chi) wrote the script based on an original idea by bestselling author James Frey (A Million Little Pieces, Katerina). The feature-film directorial debut from Melina Matsoukas (HBO’s Insecure) stars Academy Award-nominee Daniel Kaluuya and rising star Jodie Turner-Smith (Syfy’s Nightflyers) in the title roles.

Check out the first trailer for Queen & Slim below, and look for it in theaters this November 27th:

Here's the official synopsis for Queen & Slim:

From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce’s “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready’s unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.

 

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.

 

As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances, and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives.

Waithe produces the film via her company, Hillman Grad Productions, along with Matsoukas via her production company, De La Revolución Films. Frey produces via his production company, 3BlackDot, alongside Andrew Coles and Michelle Knudsen.

Queen & Slim is financed by Makeready and will be distributed by Universal Pictures worldwide, with eOne handling distribution in select territories including the U.K. and Canada.