Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVDime Davis already made Emmy history with her nomination in the variety series directing category for the freshman season finale of HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” which she also co-executive produces. (She is the first Black woman to break onto this ballot.) If she picks up the statue in September, she will break another major barrier: being the first Black woman to win a directing Emmy overall.How much do you think about things like the amount of Black people nominated before you in a category?
Do you feel an added pressure or responsibility in choosing work or in the way that you work because of the strides the results can make?We weren’t thinking at all about awards when we were shooting,.
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