“Pose” made history with its representation of transgender people of color actually played by trans actors in leading roles. It earned an Emmy nomination for Best Drama Series in 2019 for its first season, and it made history again by winning Best Drama Actor for Billy Porter, the first openly gay Black actor to take home that award. So how will it do in season two? Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the show.
SEEBilly Porter (‘Pose’) on his ‘life-altering’ experience of playing Pray Tell and his Emmy victory [Exclusive Video Interview]
The FX drama takes place during the late 1980s and early 1990s in New York City, where LGBT people support each other amid discrimination and the ongoing AIDS crisis, but also compete for personal pride and glory on the ballroom scene. Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca, who is a house mother to a group of outcasts.
SEEBilly Porter (‘Pose’) on his ‘life-altering’ experience of playing Pray Tell and his Emmy victory [Exclusive Video Interview]
The FX drama takes place during the late 1980s and early 1990s in New York City, where LGBT people support each other amid discrimination and the ongoing AIDS crisis, but also compete for personal pride and glory on the ballroom scene. Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca, who is a house mother to a group of outcasts.
- 7/9/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Like so many indie movies, “Wakefield” was something of a miracle for writer-director Robin Swicord. It’s been more than eight years since “The Jane Austen Book Club” (an average statistic for women directors); in the meantime she received an Oscar nomination for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (she shared story by credit with Eric Roth). But for “Wakefield” to happen required infinite patience and no small amount of luck.
Swicord sent “Wakefield” over the transom to Telluride co-director Tom Luddy. “He loves the interesting movie,” she said. “He has broad taste, a love for European movies. I felt when I was cutting ‘Wakefield,’ ‘We are making an interesting, strange movie.'”
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Swicord sent “Wakefield” over the transom to Telluride co-director Tom Luddy. “He loves the interesting movie,” she said. “He has broad taste, a love for European movies. I felt when I was cutting ‘Wakefield,’ ‘We are making an interesting, strange movie.'”
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When she arrived to world premiere the film on Friday for her first Telluride, Swicord had just finished...
- 9/8/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Like so many indie movies, “Wakefield” was something of a miracle for writer-director Robin Swicord. It’s been more than eight years since “The Jane Austen Book Club” (an average statistic for women directors); in the meantime she received an Oscar nomination for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (she shared story by credit with Eric Roth). But for “Wakefield” to happen required infinite patience and no small amount of luck.
Swicord sent “Wakefield” over the transom to Telluride co-director Tom Luddy. “He loves the interesting movie,” she said. “He has broad taste, a love for European movies. I felt when I was cutting ‘Wakefield,’ ‘We are making an interesting, strange movie.'”
Read More: Telluride and Tiff’s Oscar Tea Leaves: How Two Key Festivals Could Predict This Year’s Winners
When she arrived to world premiere the film on Friday for her first Telluride, Swicord had just finished...
Swicord sent “Wakefield” over the transom to Telluride co-director Tom Luddy. “He loves the interesting movie,” she said. “He has broad taste, a love for European movies. I felt when I was cutting ‘Wakefield,’ ‘We are making an interesting, strange movie.'”
Read More: Telluride and Tiff’s Oscar Tea Leaves: How Two Key Festivals Could Predict This Year’s Winners
When she arrived to world premiere the film on Friday for her first Telluride, Swicord had just finished...
- 9/8/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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