"It's Really Embarrassing!" Kate Mara Reveals the Animalistic Method She Used to Find Her Character in 'The Dutchman'
The Dutchman cast discuss expanding on the play, what new characters bring to the story, filming on a 1964 train, and more at SXSW 2025.
Amiri Baraka's 1964 play, Dutchman, was an integral artistic work that inspired the Black Arts movement of that decade. With such a seminal text, adapting it through a contemporary lens is an arduous task, but director Andre Gaines (After Jackie)both honored Baraka's work and brought a sense of inventiveness to his cinematic adaptation of Dutchman, which features a star-studded cast, including AndréHolland (Love, Brooklyn), Kate Mara (The Martian), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), and Aldis Hodge (Cross).
