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The story of Jennifer and June Gibbons is in a constant state of revision.
Wright saw it as her duty to give their story a new birth.
As for a Polish director adapting a story about two real-life Black women?
Wright said her and Lawrances roles as producers helped get their voices in the room.
(Jennifer passed away in 1993.)
Smoczynska said June simply wants to live her private life, though she gave the project her blessing.
They were misrepresented and misdiagnosed, Wright told Vulture.
It stole their years.
