Queen Latifah, in partnership with Procter Gamble and Tribeca Studios, is aiming to promote gender and racial equality among filmmakers through the Queen Collective, a short film development program which is in its second year.

In speaking with Yahoo Entertainment, Latifah says the Queen Collective is an extension of that message personified in her Grammy-winning song, the lyrics of which she says “still apply today.”

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“We still have to find respect for one another.

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Titled Gloves Off, Queen Latifah says the film is based on a real-life story about Tiara Brown, a young Black woman from Washington D.C. who feels “more human” as a cop than she did prior to joining the force.

“What are the chances of having a young, Black woman who’s a police officer, who wants to be a boxer, who feels more human when she is a police officer?”