'Black Lady Sketch Show' Is TV 'We'd Never Seen Before,' Says Dime Davis
Davis could make history at the Emmys on September 20 — becoming the first Black woman to win an Emmy for directing a television variety series. "It's still very surreal to me," she says.
Dime Davis could soon become the first Black woman to ever win an Emmy for directing a television variety series, HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show. She's also nominated as co-executive producer of the show, which is up for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
Recently, I sat down to talk with her by the nearly 100-year-old merry-go-round at Griffith Park. "I'm really glad we did this 'cause it's better than anything we could have done in Zoom," she says. "We actually shot a few sketches here."
Dime — a nickname for Dimonique — wears gold specs and a necklace with a
