For her second film as a director, the award-winning actress is adapting the comic ‘Bitter Root.’

Read about why this project is exciting.

On Wednesday, her follow-up film was announced: An adaptation of the Image comicBitter Root.

Regina King; Bitter Root

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Somewhat like HBO’sLovecraft Country,Bitter Rootuses supernatural evil to make points about real-life racism.

Now, King will be tackling Tulsa from a different angle as a director rather than a performer.