20Nov2009
Filed under: GENERAL
In the stunning new Disney film, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, Broadway star ANIKA NONI ROSE supplies the voice of Tiana, the frog-cum-princess of the title. Disney’s first African-American “princess” is a long time coming and a significant moment in time for a huge portion of society. At the recent press conference for the film, ROSE talked about what it felt like for her to see, for the first time, Princess Tiana rendered on screen. Listen in below:
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG opens in theaters 11/25
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