Angela Bassett Gets Behind the Camera

Bassett, who plays Dr. Cate Banfield in the series, will be directing an independent film based on the novel Erasure, by Percival Everett.

The actress, who starred in the films What’s Love Got to Do With It and Notorious, will produce the project with the help of her partner and husband, Courtney B. Vance.

Erasure will be a dramatic comedy that looks at the glorification of the ghetto culture.