Presenting our July/August cover star: @violadavis. The Oscar winner—who’s set to star as Michelle Obama and blues legend Ma Rainey—talks to @soniasaraiya about her journey out of poverty and into the deeply troubling Hollywood system. vntyfr.com/deBMYCu
“My entire life has been a protest,” Davis says. “My production company is my protest. Me not wearing a wig at the Oscars in 2012 was my protest. It is a part of my voice, just like introducing myself to you and saying, ‘Hello, my name is Viola Davis.’” vntyfr.com/WU7lGFu
Viola Davis for V.F. July/August 2020. Photographs by Dario Calmese. The cover marks the first V.F. cover shot by a Black photographer. vntyfr.com/WU7lGFu
After George Floyd was killed, @violadavis took to the streets of L.A. to protest police violence with loved ones. Her sign read AHMAUD ARBERY. “We got a few [middle] fingers," she said. "But this was the first time the fingers did not bother me.” vntyfr.com/WU7lGFu
In her editor’s letter, @radhikajones explores V.F.’s place in the cultural conversation during a time of upheaval: “Our mission at Vanity Fair is to capture the zeitgeist… That includes defining the new creative class, an ongoing project of rebuilding.” vntyfr.com/ood3R06
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