(Courtesy of Peppur Chambers)Three of the women say he pushed for sex as a condition for representing them, and that he did not take them on when they refused. Black women starred in just two films; white women starred in 44. “For black women, it seems like we are even more marginalized when it comes to something like that. I love him for that.”Henson said she does not view Cirrincione as an all-powerful gatekeeper for black women in the industry but, rather, that he was especially supportive of black women. “He was a champion for me at a time when nobody was a champion for black women.

Source: Washington Post February 02, 2018 20:15 UTC