Entertainment Weekly’s Leah Greenblatt detailed in her review that the film has a “a message that feels too fresh and important to dismiss — not of hate but of hope, and faith that even if sharing these stories can’t magically fix what’s broken, telling them still matters.”
News of her death comes via CBS News, just before The Hate U Give’s limited release on October 6th.
The important film will campaign for Oscar recognition for its discussion of racial violence in the United States.
The topical teen drama premiered at Toronto Film Festival last month to high praise from early critics.