The actor Julius Tennon is thrilled to be appearing alongside his Oscar-winning wife, Viola Davis, in the new season of her hit show, How to Get Away with Murder, later this month. No black women appeared in 47 of the films and there were no black female directors. “If a writer, director, cinematographer, actor of color is out there, they have the talent but haven’t had the opportunities. A biopic of Barbara Jordan, the first southern black woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, is in the development stage. She’s sitting in all these different living rooms where a black woman wasn’t sitting, and it’s powerful.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 06:00 UTC