A singing audition with a plot made around it

It seems like the director of this film desperately wants the black actress to become a successful singer with all those long takes of her singing. The film drags in parts and none more so than in those scenes. It's like a singing audition disguised as a film. I started laughing near the end when the character said what she really did to the cult leader, cause I knew what was coming next with yet another singing performance.

I haven't read the comments on here but I can see people have referenced Tarantino, and I definitely got that vibe too.

A fairly interesting idea and intriguing plot but would have been better without all the filler and the director's hard on for trying to get the singer a record deal.