Director Gina Prince-Bythewood's latest movie is called \"The Old Guard.\" She's also directed \"Love & Basketball\" and \"The Secret Life of Bees.\" Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images hide caption <\/p>\n
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood's latest movie is called \"The Old Guard.\" She's also directed \"Love & Basketball\" and \"The Secret Life of Bees.\"<\/p>\n
From Gilgamesh and the Holy Grail to \"Altered Carbon,\" the hunt for immortality has been fodder for great fiction.<\/p>\n
But \"The Old Guard\" has a different spin on the old story.<\/p>\n
Netflix's new action drama tells the tale of a group of immortal warriors who keep saving the world. But they're starting to question whether the world is still worth it, after witnessing atrocity after atrocity for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n
The film is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, a Hollywood veteran who has directed films like \"Love & Basketball,\" \"The Secret Life of Bees,\" and \"Beyond the Lights.\" <\/p>\n
She joined us to talk about her film and what being the first Black woman to direct a major comic-book movie means for her and the industry at large.<\/p>\n
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