Interview: Teyana Taylor (A Thousand and One)

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Teyana Taylor has been famous for more than half of her life, but the choreographer, singer, director, and actress always knew she was capable of even more. With A.V. Rockwell's drama A Thousand and One, which won the grand jury prize at Sundance, she got the chance to push herself further, and says she's already seen new doors opening as a result.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair.
0:05.0	It's such an honor to present this next award.
0:08.0	And here are the nominees.
0:09.0	And the Oscar goes to.
0:12.0	And the Oscar goes to.
0:14.0	And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now.
0:18.0	You like me.
0:19.0	I'm the King of the World.
0:21.0	There's a mistake.
0:23.0	Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture.
0:30.0	I am Katie Rich.
0:37.0	I'm here today with our interview.
0:39.0	I got the chance to talk to Tiana Taylor, who is the star of the drama, a thousand and one.
0:45.0	It won the grand jury prize at Sundance earlier this year.
0:48.0	It's now open in theaters, courtesy of Focus Features.
0:51.0	It arrived at Sundance with a distributor already in place, which is kind of a sign of faith in a movie at that festival where you kind of never know what you're going to get.
0:59.0	And that's a really strong sign of faith in a first time director and AV Rockwell, who made her first film, Lena Weith as a producer on it.
1:06.0	And Tiana Taylor as the star is another kind of revelation.
1:09.0	She's been famous since she was 15.
1:12.0	She was signed to her recording label by Ferrell.
1:14.0	She was on MTV's My Super Suite 16.
1:17.0	She's been a choreographer, a singer.
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