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This book seeks to interrogate the representation of Black women in television. Cheers explores how the increase of Black women in media ownership and creative executive roles (producers, showrunners, directors and writers) in the last 30 years affected the fundamental cultural shift in Black women’s representation on television, which in turn parallels the political, social, economic and cultural advancements of Black women in America from 1950 to 2017.

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Oprah Winfrey

a media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

Deborah Lee

a business woman and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET

Cathy Hughes

Media pioneer, the founder and chairperson of Radio One, Inc.

Shonda Rhimes

a television producer, screenwriter and author

Ava Duvernay

writer, producer, director and distributor of independent films

Yvette Lee Bowser

producer and writer

Debbie Allen

producer, writer, director, actress, choreographer, and dancer

Gina Prince-Bythewood

writer, director and producer

Mara Brock Akil

screenwriter and producer

Issa Rae

actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator

Melina Matsoukas

director and producer

Misha Green

writer and producer

Regina King

actress and director

Sanaa Hamri

a Moroccan American film director, music video director, television director, and television producer.

Nzingha Stewart

writer, director and producer

Akilah Green

writer and producer

Natasha Rothwell

writer and actress

Kay Oyegun

writer

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Dr. Imani M.Cheers

Award winning multimedia producer and Professor

Imani M. Cheers is an award winning multimedia producer and Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C, which she joined in May 2013.

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