The EGOT winner was feted on Monday night at Film at Lincoln Center’s 48th annual Chaplin Gala, where stars like Jessica Chastain made their support clear.
Winners Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Danielle Deadwyler, and more talked about finding the humanity in roles — and finding an audience for Black stories.
The actress explained that she was just trying to make a point about Hollywood sexism when she claimed that "The Hunger Games" was the first action movie led by a woman.
Viola Davis double and fight choreographer Jénel Stevens discusses the collaboration between the stunt team and the actors to make the Agojie on film as badass as their history.