A white police officer shoots at a young black woman, then her love interest kills the cop in self-defense.

The upcoming romantic thriller “Queen and Slim” depicts a black couple on the run after taking justice into their own hands.

In the trailer, Uncle Earl says, “Isn’t it the black Bonnie and Clyde?” addressing the trope that comes to mind. The multi-talented Lena Waithe wrote the film and delivers a controversial perspective, which she says is precisely the point.

"I hope the president tweets about [the movie]. You’re not doing your job if this particular president isn’t upset with you," Waithe said at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit on Tuesday.

Waithe, who created “The Chi” on Showtime, is best known for her role as Denise, Aziz Ansari’s best friend, in Netflix’s “Master of None.” She also wrote the show’s eighth episode in the second season, “Thanksgiving,” in which her character comes out as a lesbian over 30 years, much of it reflecting her own life. The episode won an Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series, making Waithe the first black woman to win the award.

Waithe felt an urgency to write a movie about police brutality facing black Americans every day. Many still feel like second-class citizens, she added. “It’s open season on black bodies.” She considers black photojournalist Gordon Parks, who is known for documenting civil rights movements from the 1940s through the 1970s, one of her greatest inspirations. “I want to be a writer version of him. I want to capture what it’s like to be black.”

‘Victors, not victims’

Still, instead of taking a tone of sadness and despondency, Waithe wanted to empower the characters. Slim is portrayed by Daniel Kaluuya, who starred in the thriller “Get Out,” and breakout star Jodie Turner-Smith plays the role of Queen.

“I wanted to portray black people as victors, not victims,” said Melina Matsoukas, the Grammy Award-winning director behind iconic music videos like Beyonce’s “Formation” and Rihanna and Calvin Harris’s “We Found Love.” She also directed the “Thanksgiving” episode.

Waithe had a few non-negotiables for the film: Matsoukas had to direct it, they had to shoot and release it within the same year, and she would not take any notes from an executive that “doesn’t look like us.”

“My script is something that I knew was undeniable. Black audiences have said to us, ‘This hits different. This feels different’ [during screenings]. We’re not catering to a white audience. There is no form of the white gaze at all. This is our version of what we feel like when we’re watching white films... we have to sit through those films all the time,” she said.