Karen Pittman (Mia Jordan) talks about representation, acting, and the business
I was delighted to join the AAFCA Roundtable interview with Karen Pittman star of The Morning Show streaming on AppleTV+. This was the first of the year and first for me as a recent member of the African American Film Critic Association.
I’m a huge fan of the series and cast but I have been fascinated by the storylines of women of color, changing loyalty amongst staff, how women navigate the workplace, and what they have to deal with for their jobs.
This season Mia Jordan we were able to learn more about her personal life, jockeying for power and finding her team as they all try to keep their jobs and get more recognition.
“The Morning Show” explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. In season three, the future of the network is thrown into question, and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in UBA. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized and everyone is forced to confront their core values both in and out of the newsroom.
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, Nicole Beharie & Julianna Margulies
Executive Producers: Charlotte Stout, Mimi Leder, Michael Ellenberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon & Lauren Levy Neustadter
About AAFCA
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) actively reviews and spotlights cinema at large, particularly focusing on film and TV highlighting the Black experience, especially that produced, written, and/or directed by persons from the African Diaspora. Members are also engaged in AAFCA’s advocacy work, which includes programming for students interested in film criticism and journalism in addition to general community outreach.
AAFCA members are a geographically diverse cross-section of journalists, covering all genres of the cinematic arts while representing multiple mediums – including print, TV, radio broadcast, and online. Collectively, they reach a worldwide audience of over 100 million.
Effective January 1, 2010, final tabulations for all AAFCA Award categories are handled by Beverly Hills accountant W. Steven Temple.
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