Bessie Smith
- Queen Latifah
- black directors
- Emmy Awards
- Dee Rees
- Bessie Smith
- bessie
- HBO Biopic Bessie
- black LGBT directors
by Carolyn M. Brown
- celebrity
- film industry
- women professionals
- Tika Sumpter
- Bessie Smith
- entertainment industry
- Hollywood
- Queen Latifah
- Women of Power
by Brittany Dandy
