Award-winning filmmaker and Emmy-nominated producer Contessa Gayles has built her career telling stories about identity, movement and Black liberation. Her latest documentary, “The Debutantes,” follows Canton, Ohio’s first group of Black debutantes in a decade as they prepare for their formal introduction to society. The film, executive produced by Emmy-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, premieres […]
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