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WATCH: Janelle Monáe gets tough: “The police were never built to protect us”
Janelle Monáe needs no introduction.The classy, brassy, queer singer/actress already scored a hit this year when she starred in Season 2 of the Amazon series Homecoming. Now, she takes on her most demanding role to date in the horror thriller Antebellum.Related: Janelle Monáe calls her fans to action: “It’s time for us to get uncomfortable”In Antebellum, Monáe plays Veronica, a successful author and career woman with a mysterious link to a woman named Eden (also played by Monáe), a slave held captive by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.