New Movies Put Focus on Black Beauty and Style
Award contenders portray iconic women who, like us, defined themselves
by Mikki Taylor, AARP, February 25, 2021
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David Lee/Netflix; Takashi Seida/Paramount Pictures; Quantrell D. Colbert/MGM
L to R: Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Jennifer Hudson in Respect.
En español | All eyes are on Andra Day as she takes to the stage in the riveting biopic
The United States vs. Billie Holiday, opening Friday. Before Day gives voice to the haunting lyrics of “Strange Fruit,” Holiday’s protest to the lynching of Black Americans, there is something that pulls the audience in and holds us captive: She is a vision.