'You cannot tell the story of women in this industry without acknowledging what Ava DuVernay has done,' Davis writes about the OWN series, which is coming to an end after seven seasons.
has told the story of the Bordelons, a Black family — farmers who owned land and lost it; activists who organized, marched and made us aware; entrepreneurs who served their community. Siblings and lovers came together, argued and came undone. There were trysts, marriages and misunderstandings. We watched these characters endure roadblocks that were systemic, metaphoric and literal. We viewed Black skin in every hue and hair in every fashion — lit and laid to perfection. We saw ourselves.
It’s hard to believe this award-winning series makes its final bow on OWN on Tuesday. Sitting amongst these photos, cards and scripts, how can I describe it? To paraphrase myabout? It’s about this land. It’s about this farm that this family owned, and keeping that land, and Ava has been trying to keep this land for us as women, as artists, as directors. … She keeps putting another woman farmer, and then another woman farmer.
When I arrived on set, I realized that Ava was not only employing directors that no one else was thinking of hiring and telling stories about those we rarely see , but Ava also was employing crew members that looked like the world we live in. I’ve said this before, butis still the only set where I have ever seen and worked with a Black female grip. This was the beginning of #ArrayCrew. My first AD in television, George Bott, went from being a second to a first to a UPM on this series.
Challenges abound, erasure persists, but this testament, what this show has shown and provided remains. Every decision you make can affect more people than you can fathom. This is proof. You cannot tell the story of women in this industry without acknowledging what Ava DuVernay has done. How she has changed it for the better. Her body of work encompasses actual bodies. Humans.
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