
Academy Award-nominated actress Viola Davis is reportedly in talks to star in a biopicture on the late and iconic Barbara Jordan, who rose from poverty to become the first Black woman elected to Congress from the South. Jordan was also lesbian.
The film would be based on Mary Beth Rogers' 2000 biography Barbara Jordan: American Hero. Davis would star in the film and act as a producing partner with her husband, reports IndieWire. Paris Barclay will direct from a script adapted by Emmy-nominated writer Paris Qualles
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In other words:
Viola will get that damn Best Actress Oscar if it kills her.
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