Viola Davis

Race, music, strong women at heart of movie 'Ma Rainey'

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 - 02:36 GMT

Film drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” may be set in the racially divided United States of the 1920s and was written almost 40 years ago, but it arrives with much to say about today.

U.S. theatre world accused of exploiting, excluding people of color

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 - 12:07 GMT

Viola Davis, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Cynthia Erivo joined some 300 actors and playwrights on Tuesday in decrying racism in the U.S. theatre world, saying it had exploited, excluded and diminished people of color.

McQueen thriller 'Widows' to open London Film Festival

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 - 02:20 GMT

Steve McQueen will open his first major feature since “12 Years a Slave” won an Oscar in 2013 when thriller “Widows” kicks off the BFI London Film Festival.

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