Viola Davis Gives Empowering Speech While Being Honored at Women in Motion Awards During Cannes 2022
justjared.comViola Davis is being honored! The 56-year-old Oscar-winning actress was honored during the 2022 Women in Motion Awards hosted by Kering held during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (May 22) at Place de la Castre in Cannes, France.
Taking the stage to accept the award, Viola gave an empowering speech. Click inside to read more… “It means an acknowledgement of my legacy, which is what I want to shift the narrative of women of color to,” Viola said via Forbes. “It’s no longer acceptable for us to be defined by men, defined by any other structure other than ourselves, and it became obvious to me as I was progression in my career that I had to be the change that I wanted to see, and that why we started this.
I want to see black women for the beautiful complicated beings that they are.” Supporting Viola at the event was her husband Julius Tennon.
Also honored during the event was Swedish film director Ninja Thyberg, who won the Women in Motion Young Talent Award.
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