Danielle Deadwyler, who was previously snubbed by the Oscars for her portrayal of untilshe said she’s more “relaxed” about returning to the Oscars conversation with her Piano lesson. In fact, decentralizing the awards season may be the best solution.
“I’m comfortable with that,” the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles Times In a recent profile. “I always knew what was always the most valuable, which is the people, what happens to them, what happens to the culture. It’s very much about the group, how connected we are and the joy it brought to all of us. It’s not about individual recognition. It shouldn’t overshadow one’s ego or one’s psyche. I feel good and more stable in this understanding. The constant questioning about awards, trophies and prizes can be too much.
Deadwyler found herself at the center of a 2022 controversy that saw a number of black female creators, including director Gina Prince-Bythewood and star Viola Davis, excluded from the race for cinema’s top awards. King Woman. At the time, it was assumed that Andrea Riseborough’s surprise Best Actress nomination for her role in a little-seen independent film To Leslie would have hindered Deadwyler’s chance of getting approval, while the latter actress herself called the campaign an example of misogyny.
Deadwyler said: “Controversy always surrounds blackness.” times. “That year was about the expulsion of a group of black women. The sordid nature of blackness is rooted in the way people were perceiving what it meant to be present or not present in a conversation about what it means to be recognized. And recognition that is provided to a certain group of people, the conversation is not provided to them. We have to start really asking ourselves whether we want a space where there is any form of equality.
Piano lessonpremiering on Netflix on November 22 after a limited theatrical run, is an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play of the same name; it is part of the Century Cycle – 10 entries covering a different decade of the black experience in the 20th century. Directed by Malcolm Washington, the film follows two brothers, Boy Willie (John David Washington) and Bernice (Deadwyler), who must make difficult decisions when they end up on opposite sides of the sale of an heirloom piano that documents their family’s heritage. In addition to this feature, the streaming service has adapted Wilson’s movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
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