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'Denzel encouraged me to become a director' - Letitia Wright on new film

She's best known as Shuri - the warrior princess of Black Panther and Wakanda Forever
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Now, actor Letitia Wright tells us how Ryan Coogler and Denzel Washington encouraged her to direct her debut short film, Highway to the Moon - a 'love letter to young Black boys' and her creative response to London's knife crime crisis.
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