Filmmaker and distributor Ava Duvernay wrote,““If you look at the world as a brutal game, then
you bump into the mystery of the tree-shaped scar.
Before Ryan Coogler
was hired as the director of Black Panther, Ava Duvernay was in talks to direct the film
and even met with Kevin Feige and Boseman to discuss it, but parted ways after creative differences.
As for debuting her film during the 22nd year of the esteemed Urbanworld Film
Festival, which has helped launch the careers of directors George Tillman, Ava Duvernay and more, Bluitt recognized how rare the opportunity was,
as a first-timer, to be featured among A-listers and established filmmakers.