After her best supporting actress win for her role in Fences,Davis speaks of ‘deficiency’ in system which means next year’s awards season likely to be much less diverseThe actor Viola Davis is the safest bet at this year’s film awards season, picking up nearly every single best supporting actress prize going for her performance as Denzel Washington’s beleaguered wife, and Rose,in the film adaptation of Fences, by the late playwright August Wilson. Yet Davis used the press conference after her Bafta win to caution that this year – in which Fences, or Hidden Figures and Moonlight have taken a slew of silverware – may be an anomaly. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com