By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The Sundance favorite is coming to general release next month.
MASTER, the feature debut of writer/director Mariama Diallo, will be released by Amazon Prime Video March 18. Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam and Amber Gray star; the synopsis: “In MASTER, three women strive to find their place at a prestigious New England university whose frosty elitism may disguise something more sinister. Professor Gail Bishop [Hall] has recently been promoted to ‘Master’ of a residence hall, the first time at storied Ancaster College that a Black woman has held the post. Determined to breathe new life into a centuries-old tradition, Gail soon finds herself wrapped up in the trials and tribulations of Jasmine Moore [Renee], an energetic and optimistic Black freshman. Jasmine’s time at Ancaster hits a snag early on when she’s assigned a dorm room that is rumored to be haunted. Things get worse when Jasmine clashes in the classroom with Liv Beckman [Gray], a professor in the middle of her own racially charged tenure review. As Gail tries to maintain order and fulfill the duties of a Master, the cracks begin to show in Ancaster’s once-immaculate facade. After a career spent fighting to make it into Ancaster’s inner circle, Gail is confronted with the horrifying prospect of what lies beneath, her question ultimately becoming not whether the school is haunted, but by whom.”
