When the Emmy nominations were announced, “Winning Time” helmer and executive producer Salli Richardson-Whitfield made history as the first Black woman to be recognized in the drama directing category. Such a tremendous achievement might be tempered by the September 2023 cancellation of the show (on the same day of its Season 2 finale, which she also directed).
But over the 10 months since then, Richardson-Whitfield says she’s been too busy with other opportunities to pause and consider which accolades she may have deserved for her work on the HBO series — much less the fact that they would make history.
“This wasn’t even on my radar,” she tells
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