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Viola Davis Reveals a Director Called Her by His Maid’s Name, Speaks Out on Hollywood’s Slow Race Progress (EXCLUSIVE)
Viola Davis joined Variety and Kering at the Cannes Film Festival for a powerful Women In Motion conversation in which she ...
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Viola Davis Shares Microaggression Experience Where Director Called Her by His Maid’s Name
Getting to where she is now hasn’t been easy for Viola Davis ... in Hollywood’s culture. Davis declined to name the director who called her by his maid’s name. “Let’s be honest.
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Viola Davis Says Director Once Referred to Her by His Maid’s Name: ‘He Called Me Louise’
Viola Davis has revealed that a director she worked with earlier in her career once referred to her by the name of his maid. In an interview with Variety this week amid Cannes Film Festival ...
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Viola Davis Says Director Once Called Her by His Maid's Name: 'Microaggressions Happen All the Time'
Viola Davis is recalling an example of a racist ... the Oscar winner said a director, whom she didn't name, once mistakenly referred to her by his maid's name, even though he'd known Davis "for 10 ...
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Viola Davis Claims Director Called Her by His Maid’s Name: ‘Those Micro-Aggressions Happen All the Time’
award winner Davis revealed that a male director called her by his maid’s name decades ago. More from IndieWire Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie ...
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Viola Davis and Samuel L. Jackson on Becoming Black Acting Legends, Michelle Obama and Making You Squirm
Samuel L. Jackson and Viola Davis are both veterans of the New York theater scene, and embrace the opportunity to dig into ...
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Viola Davis Slams Hollywood ‘Escapism,’ Is Sick of Characters Who ‘Become Bobble Heads’
Having starred in everything from Oscar-winning August Wilson adaptations to superhero movies and network dramas, Viola Davis ...
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Viola Davis says a director she knew for a decade once called her by his maid's name: 'Those micro-aggressions happen all the time'
While speaking at a Cannes Film Festival event held by Variety and Kering on Thursday, Viola Davis revealed a director once called her by his maid's name. "I had a director who did that to me ...
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