‘A Thousand and One’ Director Says Casting Teyana Taylor in the Lead Was a ‘Leap of Faith’

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Writer/Director A.V. Rockwell and producer Lena Waithe talk about casting Teyana Taylor in their new film 'A Thousand and One,' Harlem, gentrification and wanting to honor inner-city black women through the story of Inez.