Love, Brooklyn is more than a love story — it’s a reflection of the human experience in all its messiness, intimacy, and honesty.
Directed by Rachael Abigail Holder in her directorial debut, the Sundance-acclaimed film stars André Holland, Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Wise, Roy Wood Jr., Cassandra Freeman, and Cadence Reese, with Steven Soderbergh serving as executive producer. Written by Paul Zimmerman, the film follows a writer (Holland) caught between his art gallery–owning ex (Beharie) and his new partner Nicole (Wise), a recently widowed mother navigating love after loss. Roy Wood Jr. plays his best friend — a sounding board, truth-teller, and reminder that even male friendship can be a place of vulnerability.
In our conversation, Holland and Wood Jr. open up about the joy of working together as Birmingham natives, blending comedy and drama, collaborating with Holder as she directed while seven months pregnant, and why films like Love, Brooklyn — which center Black love and layered humanity — deserve industry support and audience investment.