The cover art illustrator for The Hate U Give has said she "wasn't exactly ... because there's so little opportunities in these big movies for darker-skinned actresses," Cartwright told Vulture.

For the director of The Hate U Give movie adaptation, this very particular talk was also an opportunity to set an important and immediate baseline for his movie: challenging an audience's biases.

US award-winning actress Amandla Stenberg - star of controversial The Hate U Give movie explains 'Code-Switching'US award-winning actress Amandla Stenberg - star of controversial The Hate U Give ...