Interview With "By Any Means" Director Elegance Bratton

Interview With "By Any Means" Director Elegance Bratton

From The Next Best Picture Podcast by Evergreen Podcasts

September 6, 2026 · 18 min

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An interview with director Elegance Bratton about his film 'By Any Means'.

"By Any Means" is an American historical crime thriller film directed by Elegance Bratton and written by Sascha Penn. The film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a young Black FBI agent who teams up with notorious New York City mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg) to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi in 1966. The film also stars Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn, and Giancarlo Esposito. Bratton was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can watch or listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Paramount Pictures. Thank you, and enjoy! https://youtu.be/Du_F-WWG01c Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free…

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