• Masters of the Air with Dee Rees

  • Mar 25 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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  • Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow. In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017). Dee's Emmy-Award winning HBO film Bessie (2015) starred Queen Latifah as the legendary American Blues singer and was nominated for a total of twelve Emmy Awards, including Dee's individual nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special. Bessie was also nominated for four Critics' Choice Awards and Dee was the recipient of the 2016 Director's Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries as well as the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie. This week, Tyler and Dee get into the inner workings of telling Black stories and specifically bringing the Tuskegee Airmen to the screen through her unique lens. Support this podcast on patreon at patreon.com/PassTheMic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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