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NY Times’ “T” magazine pays homage to 7 esteemed black actresses that are paving the way for the next generation of black actresses to come.
NYTimes’ “T” magazine gathered 7 black actresses to give them the praise they so rightfully deserve. The magazine rounded up actresses Halle Berry (the first black woman to win a best actress Academy Award), Angela Bassett, Lynn Whitfield, Taraji P. Henson, Kimberly Elise, and Mary J. Blige for a group portrait to be featured in their Culture Issue.
The Hollywood veterans talked about their trials and tribulations in the industry and how their hard work eventually thrusted them in the limelight. Viola Davis was also in the mix, although, she’s not featured in the group shot.
”We are living in an age in which some of our greatest, most successful actors are black women, near 50 or older, veterans who have fought against an industry that for much of its history would have rather ignored them,” the magazine writes.
African-American actresses of today made sure to pay homage to the trailblazers that came before them that paved the way for them.
”You’re a little black girl with dark skin and a wide nose. You’re not cute. You’re nothing, you know? You’re invisible. That’s when you understand the importance of a role model,” “How To Get Away With Murder” star Viola Davis said.
You better say that Viola!
You can watch the full video - filled with #BlackGirlMagic - here.
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NY Times’ “T” magazine pays homage to 7 esteemed black actresses that are paving the way for the next generation of black actresses to come.
The Hollywood veterans talked about their trials and tribulations in the industry and how their hard work eventually thrusted them in the limelight. Viola Davis was also in the mix, although, she’s not featured in the group shot.
”We are living in an age in which some of our greatest, most successful actors are black women, near 50 or older, veterans who have fought against an industry that for much of its history would have rather ignored them,” the magazine writes.
African-American actresses of today made sure to pay homage to the trailblazers that came before them that paved the way for them.
When money for projects with black casts dried up in Hollywood by the end of the ’90s, these actresses carried on, forced to look farther down the thoroughfare than merely the steps they could see. To be a black woman in Hollywood is to have to be steadfast in the pursuit of one’s craft, in the search for basic opportunities. They have had to toil through the intricacies of a doubly marginalized existence — being black and being a woman — and have rarely been allowed to fully extol the complexities of their truth for the screen.Behind-the-scenes, the black female icons talked about the sisterhood that they formed being black actresses in Hollywood. While their stories are different, each story shares the same underlying theme of triumph and beating the odds.
THIS HAS BEEN the historical situation for women of color in Hollywood, all of whom are cupped in the palms of mighty forebears. There was Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Academy Award, for her role as “Mammy” in “Gone With the Wind” (1939). Then there was the singer and actress Lena Horne of “Stormy Weather” and “Cabin in the Sky,” both from 1943 and early exceptions in mainstream Hollywood as popular films with black casts. Or Diahann Carroll, the star of the sitcom “Julia” (1968-71), the first black woman to lead a network series. And of course, there’s Dorothy Dandridge, the first black woman nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in 1954’s “Carmen Jones,” a woman presciently portrayed by Berry in a 1999 biopic, and Cicely Tyson, who at 95 has played strong leading roles throughout her nearly seven-decade career. Like their predecessors, these women were journeymen out of necessity, often lone souls in their creative environments.
”You’re a little black girl with dark skin and a wide nose. You’re not cute. You’re nothing, you know? You’re invisible. That’s when you understand the importance of a role model,” “How To Get Away With Murder” star Viola Davis said.
You better say that Viola!
You can watch the full video - filled with #BlackGirlMagic - here.
Photo: Taraji's IG 📎 The key is : Learn how to BE HAPPY BY YOURSELF FIRST. Because a human being that is happy on his/her own will never settle to be miserable with someone else. When you find happiness on your own then you will be able to spread it and share it with someone else. ... CRITIC ALSO 🖋️ spill TEA ☕ Easy on Shade 💣
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