VIOLA FIGHTS FOR HER BLACK MARK TO MATTER
Mar 20, 2021
3 minutes
NELANDRI NARIANAN
VIOLA Davis made a black mark on Hollywood this week – and the world took heed. It was a big, powerful, thunderous mark, impossible to ignore – much like Ma Rainey, the character who earned Davis the prized tick that has eluded many black actresses in an industry mainly controlled by white men.
A star who has lived, breathed and suffered for her art, Davis made Oscar history on Monday as the first black actress
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