Cathy Yan directing The Freshening
Cathy Yan is to direct 'The Freshening'. The 'Birds of Prey' filmmaker will helm and write the new sci-fi romance based on Rachel Khong's short story. The movie is set in a near future where tensions over race and gender have reached a violent extreme. The US government have introduced a public health initiative known as 'The Freshening' where every citizen receives an injection so they see others as the same race and gender as themselves. However, a street drug hits the scene and offers people the chance to see the world as it really is and threatens to disrupt the 'freshened' society. FilmNa...