{"id":51522,"date":"2017-02-11T20:21:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T20:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=51522"},"modified":"2017-02-12T22:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:35:51","slug":"first-look-amandla-stenberg-george-mackay-in-amma-asantes-where-hands-touch-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=51522","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay in Amma Asante\u2019s \u2018Where Hands Touch\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/global\/first-look-amandla-stenberg-george-mackay-amma-asante-where-hands-touch-1201981373\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>First Look: Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay in Amma Asante\u2019s \u2018Where Hands Touch\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a><br \/>\n2017-02-08<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@LeoBarraclough\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Leo Barraclough<\/strong><\/a>, Senior International Correspondent<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"552\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/global\/first-look-amandla-stenberg-george-mackay-amma-asante-where-hands-touch-1201981373\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/where-hands-touch.jpg?w=670&amp;h=377&amp;crop=1\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Courtesy of Tantrum Films\/Pinewood Pictures<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Variety has been given exclusive access to the first-look image from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amma_Asante\" target=\"_blank\">Amma Asante\u2019s<\/a> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1235187\" target=\"_blank\">Where Hands Touch<\/a>,\u201d which stars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandlastenberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amandla Stenberg <\/a>(\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hunger_Games_(film)\" target=\"_blank\">The Hunger Games<\/a>\u201d) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_MacKay_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\">George MacKay<\/a> (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Fantastic_(film)\" target=\"_blank\">Captain Fantastic<\/a>\u201d) in a story of forbidden love in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" target=\"_blank\">Nazi Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen-year-old Leyna (Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, meets Lutz (MacKay), the son of a prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schutzstaffel\" target=\"_blank\">SS<\/a> officer, and a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hitler_Youth\" target=\"_blank\">Hitler Youth<\/a>. \u201cThey fall helplessly in love, putting their lives at risk as all around them the persecution of Jews and those deemed \u2018non-pure\u2019 slowly unfolds,\u201d according to a statement. \u201cDoes their love stand a chance amidst violence and hatred?\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/global\/first-look-amandla-stenberg-george-mackay-amma-asante-where-hands-touch-1201981373\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Look: Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay in Amma Asante\u2019s \u2018Where Hands Touch\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE) Variety 2017-02-08 Leo Barraclough, Senior International Correspondent Courtesy of Tantrum Films\/Pinewood Pictures Variety has been given exclusive access to the first-look image from Amma Asante\u2019s \u201cWhere Hands Touch,\u201d which stars Amandla Stenberg (\u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d) and George MacKay (\u201cCaptain Fantastic\u201d) in a 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