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May 6, 2011
Playing a maid seems to be a rite of passage for black actresses, from Hattie McDaniel to Whoopi to Oprah -- even today. Now Viola Davis plays one in The Help.
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The Oscar-nominated actress, while promoting her new movie Yelling to the Sky, calls for more films that reflect the kind of life she's had.
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by Nsenga Burton onSeptember 10, 2010
Proenza Schouler's short film masquerades as art by exploiting the lives of young black women.
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