By Veronica Wells ·Updated December 13, 2021
When Shoniqua Shandai was a young girl, her favorite movies were The Little Mermaid and What’s Love Got To Do With It? The two films are certainly on the opposite side of the spectrum. But for a little Black girl yearning to see herself represented on screen, Shandai had to take what she could get.
Angela Bassett as Tina Turner gave the future actress
