He has gone from running to running the world.
Yvette Lee Bowser, who made history as the first African-American woman to develop her own primetime series (Fox’s “Living Single”, which ran from 1993–98), said that her new half-hour Starz drama “Run the The World “explores similar themes.
“I have seen the impact of happiness and sisterhood,” said the 55-year-old Bosar.
“For me, the show continues for three decades – telling a strong, particularly female and authentic story from a black point of view. That was my incentive to get involved. I didn’t make this particular show, but I put it on the air and put thought and love into the development of the series.
“I have really tried to infuse strong black female characters into everything that I have created or are privileged to produce. I want to continue to project it and take it forward. “
“Run the World”, produced by Leah Davenport with Bowser as listener / executive producer, will premiere on Sunday (May 16) at 8:30 pm, highlighting the personal and professional lives of a group of thirty-something black women. Follows are friends in Harlem.
There is Ella (Andrea Bordeaux), a writer and a romantic navigating a career; Sondi (Corbin Reid), a PhD candidate with a complicated love life as she dates single father Matthew (Stephen Bishop); Type-A banker Whitney (Amber Stevens West), who is struggling with anxiety over her upcoming nupiales; And Renee (Bresha Webb), who is going through a divorce.
“Leh” [Davenport] Was very inspired by ‘Sex and the City’. Her original look on the show was essentially a black ‘Sex and the City’ and I brought a little ‘Living Single’ magic into the mix, “said Bowser.” Which kind of changed the tone a little bit – so that this ensemble. Be more about and how we lean on each other to grow together. So it’s a little bit less than the formula [of ‘Sex and the City’. ]That show is the story of Carrie, and the story of four women and how their sister meets them. “
Bauser said that at the beginning of her career, when she was making “Living Singles”, she was not thinking about breaking new ground on a personal level.
“I think if I knew to be ‘first’ and if it was my goal to break the glass ceiling, I couldn’t achieve it,” she said. “It was just being authentic and with a desire to tell my truth and see something that was an accurate cultural reflection or mirror for us. I was just looking for a platform.
“I had stepped out of the very comfortable cocoon of ‘A Different World’ family, a very black-friend and female-friend and into Hollywood, who was not open and receptive to my kind of voices. So I got to work.” Was very keen to make a safe place to do and for us to hear and to make behind the scenes. And to tell our stories in such a way that we can see ourselves and know that we matter.
“Because we do.”
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