The screen behind Russell Crowe shows a mosaic of their faces: Sissy Spacek, Renee Zellweger, Judy Dench, Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry. It’s 2002 and they’re all at the 74th Academy Awards in Hollywood, and probably nobody realizes that history is about to be made. As a Black woman, she was acutely aware of how unique this opportunity was, how slim the odds are for Black women to get the chance to direct movies, especially at this level. “And I compartmentalized that, and I just kept going: ‘I’m not going to stop. I’m going to act as if this isn’t hurting.

Source: Huffington Post September 11, 2020 21:22 UTC