'I think we are definitely going in the right direction,' HalleBerry tells ABC News. 'How fast we'll go forward...that remains to be seen.' 'Screen Queens Rising' premieres at 8|7c on ABC and streams tomorrow on Hulu. SoulofaNation Read more:
ABC News sat down with Hollywood superstars Halle Berry and Tessa Thompson about the impact Black actresses are having in the industry.Halle Berry became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for best actress in 2002, but 20 years later, she remains the"I do feel completely heartbroken that there's no other woman standing next to me in 20 years," Berry said.
She won the Academy Award for best actress playing Leticia Musgrove, a widowed waitress, in the 2001 film"Monster's Ball."Halle Berry speaks to GMA3:What You Need to Know co-anchor T.J. Holmes for the Soul of a Nation special"Screen Queens Rising." In an interview with ABC News' Deborah Roberts for"Screen Queens Rising," Tessa Thompson touched on being part of that generation of Black creators in Hollywood, saying she felt"linked" to actresses like Berry.
"But in lieu of changing that, what can we change? We can change our participation within the industry," she added."We can change how hard we fight to tell our stories, the scripts we write."Tessa Thompson speaks to ABC News' Deborah Roberts for the Soul of a Nation special"Screen Queens Rising.""Awards are nice and it's great," she said."But the value that you place on it is where your peace will reside.
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