Garcelle Beauvais finds herself within the driver’s seat of Lifetime’s Taken at a Truck Cease: A Black Woman Lacking Film. Premiering October 25, the upcoming authentic film sees the star play Kai, who’s described as a troublesome, tenacious trucker and co-owner of her household’s enterprise. She finds herself within the midst of a harrowing manhunt after her sister Madison’s (Marci T Home) neurodivergent daughter, Toy (Sierra Sidwell), is kidnapped by a web-based predator.
Kai takes issues into her personal fingers after regulation enforcement’s investigation runs chilly. She turns to the loyal trucking community and social media affect to launch a grassroots rescue mission to search out Toy. By way of the gripping story, the community hopes to shine a light-weight on “the realities of on-line exploitation, the power of neighborhood, and the inequities in media protection of lacking women of coloration.”
Above you’ll discover an unique sneak peak shared first with TV Insider. In it Beauvais, who additionally serves as an government producer, explains the film facilities on a household relationship. Toy tells her mother Madison she goes to Dallas with Kai, which doesn’t go over properly. Toy, who has autism, nonetheless goes on a supply journey along with her Aunt Kai anyway.
The drama unfolds when Toy is kidnapped by a web-based predator. The film then follows the household as they attempt to discover a strategy to get her again in a single piece. As one may think about, Madison was distraught by the entire ordeal. Kai calls in her trucker reinforcements. By the seems of a scene the place Madison smashes a automobile window, she’ll go to nice lengths to convey her daughter dwelling. Within the clip Beauvais provides, “when black and brown folks go lacking, we don’t get the identical protection within the media. We want a voice for the unvoiced.”
It’s the third installment underneath the Black Woman Lacking franchise, which pulls from the overarching theme of disparities in lacking individuals instances involving Black ladies and women. The movies have been acknowledged with a number of honors together with the Gracie Award for Made for TV Film and Astar Award for Greatest Broadcast Community or Cable TV Film. Naturi Naughton, who starred in Kidnapped at an HBCU: A Black Woman Lacking Film obtained the NAACP Picture Award for Greatest Actress.
That is the newest mission for Beauvais, who additionally serves as an government producer. The multi-hyphenate exited The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills after 5 seasons. She made the announcement in a March 25 Instagram submit, selecting to deal with her profession and household.
Taken at a Truck Cease: A Black Woman Lacking Film premiere, October 25, 8/7c, Lifetime