Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons (born on February 24, 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is an American film director and actress. She has directed Eve's Bayou, Dr. Hugo, The Caveman's Valentine, Talk to Me, Black Nativity, and her highest-grossing film, 2019's Harriet, about abolitionist Harriet Tubman. She was described by film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film."