Zora

Zora Neale Hurston wallpaper lined the walls, vintage Ebony magazines were on a coffee table once owned by Grant’s grandmother, and an autographed Destiny’s Child picture hung near the register.

Johansson’s character, Zora Bennett, is a covert operations expert tasked with guiding the group through its mission, and she works closely with Ali’s character, team leader Duncan Kincaid.

We talked about Zora Neale Hurston and her being a woman of the era and probably an archetypal inspirational figure.

Her character, Zora, tries, at first, to pretend that everything is normal and her terminally ill daughter will somehow be OK.

But then Death visits — literally, in the form of a talking macaw — and Zora must confront the end of everything she holds dear.