QUEEN BESS

Short Film

The uplifting and inspiring true story of Bessie Coleman, whose pioneering achievements behind the pilot’s stick of a Jenny biplane early in the 1920s led to the creation of the flight school that in turn inspired the Tuskegee Airmen, has been told in a short film that just broke on the Netflix Film Club YouTube channel, presented in association with Film Independent.

Starring

Meagan Holder

“Queen Bess” is one of five films commissioned by Netflix and Film Independent as a way to support filmmakers from diverse cultural backgrounds, inspiring and empowering them to tell their stories amidst a pandemic and a period of social unrest.