WAITING TO EXHALE, Angela Bassett, 1995. Photo: 20th Century Fox Film Corp/Everett Collection

Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon on ‘that scene” from ‘Waiting To Exhale’

In an oral history of the 25-year-old iconic film, its stars revisit the friendship, the clothes and that fire

Aramide Tinubu
ZORA
Published in
7 min readDec 15, 2020

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In the 25 years since Waiting to Exhale’s debut, the ground has shifted for Black female representation. The film, which was written…

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Aramide Tinubu
ZORA
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Aramide Tinubu is a NYC-based film critic & writer. She wrote her master’s thesis on Black Girlhood and Parental Loss. Find her at awordwitharamide.com.