{"id":176178,"date":"2021-02-12T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/"},"modified":"2021-02-12T01:00:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:00:34","slug":"master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"#Master Class: Ava Duvernay&#8217;s Cicely Tyson Posthumous Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28cdbf8fd71\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28cdbf8fd71\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/#Stream_Cicely\" >Stream Cicely<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/#The_Autobiography_of_Miss_Jane_PittmanHBO_Max\" >The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman(HBO Max)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/#The_HelpNetflix\" >The Help(Netflix)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/#How_to_Get_Away_With_MurderNetflix\" >How to Get Away With Murder(Netflix)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/master-class-ava-duvernays-cicely-tyson-posthumous-interview\/#RootsHBO_Max\" >Roots(HBO Max)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Master Class: Ava Duvernay&#8217;s Cicely Tyson Posthumous Interview<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Cicely Tyson stood about 5-foot-3, but she had the presence to command attention in any room. A year before she passed away on January 28, the actress stepped into <em>TV Guide Magazine<\/em>\u2018s busy photo studio at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, to pose with accomplished film and television creator Ava DuVernay. Im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely, the hustle and bustle ceased, and the staffers hushed. A legend had arrived.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t remain quiet for long. The two women, who worked together on DuVernay\u2019s 2020 OWN drama <i>Cherish the Day<\/i>, embraced and laughed like friends who\u2019d known each other forever. Seeing their connection, we knew that a conversation between these two was a must for our Master Class <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, where we bring folks of different generations together for a lively discussion. That chat took place not long before Tyson died at age 96 (at press time, no cause of death was given).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Born in 1924, the native of New York City\u2019s Harlem neighborhood worked as a model before segueing into performing when she was in her twenties. In Hollywood (where she took acting class with Marilyn Monroe!), Tyson went on to break barriers as the first Black woman to star in a TV drama (CBS\u2019s 1963\u201364 series <i>East Side\/West Side<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of her storied career, she earned an Oscar nomination (for the 1972 drama <i>Sounder<\/i>) and three Emmy Awards (two for 1974\u2019s <i>The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman<\/i> and one for 1994\u2019s <i>Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All<\/i>). In 2013, at age 88, Tyson became the oldest person to win a Tony Award (Best Actress in a Play for <i>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trip<\/a> to Bountiful<\/i>). Her memoir, <i>Just As I Am<\/i>, was released last month.<\/p>\n<p>DuVernay, 48, has an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of her own. She directed the Oscar-winning historical movie <i>Selma<\/i> (2014) and the acclaimed documentary <i>13th<\/i> (2016), and she created the OWN drama <i>Queen Sugar<\/i>, which launches its fifth season February 16. But she still greeted Tyson with a reverent, \u201cHello, your majesty!\u201d when they connected on the phone amid the global pandemic. <em>TV Guide Magazine<\/em> listened in as an eager DuVernay peppered Tyson with questions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Ava DuVernay:<\/b> I\u2019m glad I get the chance to interview you. I\u2019m very excited! I\u2019ve looked at photographs of you through your whole life and wonder what would you say to that younger Cicely?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_987348\" style=\"width: 843px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987348\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-987348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cicely-tyson-ava-duvernay-tca-833x570.jpg\" alt=\"Cicely Tyson Ava DuVernay\" width=\"833\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cicely-tyson-ava-duvernay-tca-833x570.jpg 833w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cicely-tyson-ava-duvernay-tca-422x289.jpg 422w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cicely-tyson-ava-duvernay-tca-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cicely-tyson-ava-duvernay-tca-570x390.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cicely-tyson-ava-duvernay-tca.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-987348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Credit: Amanda Edwards\/Getty Images for Discovery, Inc.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Cicely T<\/b><b>yson:<\/b> First of all, I don\u2019t go back to anything. That\u2019s number one. I was brought up in a very strict, religious [home]. We were not permitted to go to the movies. So I had no aspirations to be an actress. Whatever I did that represented itself as acting came from my dad [William, a carpenter and painter], mostly. Everybody thought he should be in the business because he played the guitar, he sang. I think that that\u2019s what he really wanted to do. He was always setting us up to sing, and we did that at concerts in church.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> Do you enjoy watching yourself on film and TV?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> [<i>Laughs<\/i>] I never watch myself!<\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> You never?<\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> I never! I was forced to do it when I did a movie [1966\u2019s <i>A Man Called Adam<\/i>] with Sammy Davis, and Leo Penn directed it. He realized when they were watching the screening that I wasn\u2019t there. And they said, \u201cWhere is Cicely?\u201d They did find me. I tell you, I sat down in the seat, and before I knew it, I was on the floor because I kept sliding down out of my seat. I felt this hand tap me on the shoulder, and it was Leo, and he said to me, \u201cYou may leave.\u201d I haven\u2019t watched [screenings] since. I act for the audience.<\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> What do you do on set when you\u2019re afraid or uncomfortable?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> I don\u2019t have any of those anxieties. It\u2019s the [character] that the writer has introduced me to that\u2019s there. Once I step into her skin, Cicely is out!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> So that might be why some actors have difficulty, because they\u2019re not giving themselves over to the role totally.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> There you go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_987349\" style=\"width: 888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987349\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-987349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-duvernay-cicely-tyson-oscars-878x570.jpg\" alt=\"ava duvernay cicely tyson\" width=\"878\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-duvernay-cicely-tyson-oscars-878x570.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-duvernay-cicely-tyson-oscars-445x289.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-duvernay-cicely-tyson-oscars-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-duvernay-cicely-tyson-oscars-570x370.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-duvernay-cicely-tyson-oscars.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-987349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><em>TV Guide Magazine<\/em>:<\/b> Ms. Tyson, when did you first become aware of Ava?<\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> I was visiting a friend in Washington, D.C., and she said, \u201cThere\u2019s a young lady who has directed a film. Come and go with me.\u201d The movie was <i>I Will Follow<\/i>, and it was Ava\u2019s first [narrative] movie [which came out in 2011]. And when I met you, I said, \u201cI saw your first movie!\u201d I think it endeared me to her.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> I\u2019m endeared to you forever. And you were one of five people who ever saw that movie! So, it means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> That\u2019s not true! Because the movie house was full that night, so it had to be more than five people.<\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> I know. It was my first little independent film, and I\u2019ll always be grateful. We know you like to get out on the streets in the city, so it was a good night! I just want to tell you how much I love you, and miss you, and just thank you for always taking time to talk to me.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tyson:<\/b> Oh, please! It\u2019s a mutual admiration society here. [<i>Both laugh<\/i>] Keep doing the things that you\u2019re doing, because there\u2019s one thing that I have learned: that what God gives you, no one can take away from you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>DuVernay:<\/b> Amen.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stream_Cicely\"><\/span><b>Stream Cicely<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_986502\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-986502\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-986502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON-853x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON-853x570.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON-570x381.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CICELY_TYSON.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-986502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Credit: Kelsey McNeal via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Autobiography_of_Miss_Jane_PittmanHBO_Max\"><\/span><em><b>The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman<\/b><\/em><b>(HBO Max)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Tyson won a Best Actress in a Drama Emmy and a special Actress of the Year Emmy for playing a 110-year-old former slave reflecting on her life in the 1974 TV movie.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_HelpNetflix\"><\/span><em><b>The Help<\/b><\/em><b>(Netflix)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As a devoted Southern housekeeper fired by her boss (Allison Janney), Tyson emanated anguish in this hit 2011 theatrical film.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Get_Away_With_MurderNetflix\"><\/span><em><b>How to Get Away With Murder<\/b><\/em><b>(Netflix)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>And you thought lawyer Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) was a piece of work? Her fierce mother, Ophelia Harkness (guest star Tyson), held all the dark family secrets on the 2014\u201320 ABC drama.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RootsHBO_Max\"><\/span><em><b>Roots<\/b><\/em><b>(HBO Max)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the 1977 ABC miniseries, Tyson played Binta, the mother of African native Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), who was kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed and sold into slavery in America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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