JD and Suzy are welcomed by multi hyphenate Avery Kidd Waddell.  He has appeared in over 50 tv shows, over 40 commercials and he isn’t stopping anytime soon. Avery is a writer, producer, actor, father and creator, writer and actor of the multi-award winning movie and HBO’s pick for best feature film, Questions.  Avery says that after watching movies all his life, he rarely saw portraits of people who look like him.  He wanted to shine a light and bring forward everything as a black man and artist that he wanted to see.  

What You Will Hear:

• Avery’s background and upbringing.
• Deciding that he wanted to write, produce and act.
• Mentors, experiences, challenges and black parenting.
• 5 years ago and 5 years from now.
• Inspiration for Questions.
• Black love and American blackness
• Focusing on production.  Representation behind the camera.
• Humanizing the black body
• Changing the narrative.  Meaningful conversations, portrayal and humanization.

Quotes:

“Once I got started in acting I never really felt uncomfortable.”

“I can’t think of anything more loving than preparing your child to face the world and be able to succeed.”

“Life will always be stranger than art.”

“American blackness is not a monolith.”

Mentioned:

Fb @averywaddell

IG @averykiddwaddell

Questions

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