Ilfenesh Hadera Brings ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Back to New York

It’s a few hours before the the New York premiere of “Highest 2 Lowest” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and star Ilfenesh Hadera is calm, and feeling right at home. It was even closer to home for director Spike Lee, whose production company 40 Acres and a Mule is headquartered just a few blocks from BAM. “We kind of got the nerves out and cut our teeth in Cannes, which was like the ultimate premiere. Now I feel like I can handle any red carpet,” says Hadera, who lives in Harlem. The film debuted out of competition at the prestigious French festival in May. “I’m excited for the energy at this one here in Brooklyn, in New York. Obviously it’ll be a whole different audience and different experience.”  After Cannes, Hadera began working with stylist Erin Walsh, who is dressing her for the New York premiere in a brown tulle floor-length dress by Aknvas. “ Erin knows that I’m scared of color,” she says. “Brown is not too scary for me.” At the moment, she’s wearing a polka dot Patou blazer and miniskirt, a callback to her vintage polka-dot Lanvin gown, sourced from the Albright Fashion Library for the Cannes premiere.

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