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Beyond the Lights, writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s fourth feature film, was released in November 2014 to critical acclaim. About a young pop star in the midst of finding herself after a suicide attempt, the film touches on everything from the way women are oversexualized in the music industry, to overbearing stage moms, and the power of young love. And while the end result makes the entire process look simple, making Beyond the Lights was anything but. The film, in fact, almost didn’t get made. Studios weren’t interested in the material and often didn’t share Bythewood’s vision. But she made it happen, and the rest, as they say, is history. Here are some secrets behind the making of Beyond the Lights.

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