Bill Cosby calls W. Kamau Bell the director of a devastating documentary series We need to talk about Cosby., “Public Relations Hacking”. But Bell’s work on the Showtime series was recognized today by the Television Academy and she garnered four Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
Includes four episodes We need to talk about Cosby. Balancing two seemingly unrelated issues: the comedian’s cultural impact as an African American singer and dozens of allegations by women that Cosby sexually assaulted them, allegations spanning decades.
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Reacting to the nominations, Bell told Deadline: “For all the survivors who have trusted us to tell their stories, this is the highest accolade here. We really worked to make sure they didn’t sound like I was “biting” them. We wanted them to tell bigger, longer versions of their stories and show them as people beyond their time with Bill Cosby. And this is a kind of recognition, we made it. “
The series was shot during Covid, which meant doing interviews mainly via Zoom. Bell, Emmy Award-winning host United Shadows of America with W. Kamau BellHe took a sensitive approach when talking to his subjects to avoid the risk of traumatizing them again as much as possible.
“It’s a tribute to the learning I’ve done Shadows of the United States– The best place to start any interview is, how are you? What happens to you today? “He noted.” And then with these interviews it was, tell me about your life in general, where were you born? What do you do, what do you want? Because it’s about getting to know that person through the interview so that when you get to the hard stuff, you’re in a relationship with that person. Plus, they say it more naturally in a different way because they haven’t sat down and had to start over. “
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The series is nominated for Best Picture Montage for a Non-Fiction Program, and Bell is individually nominated for Best Director and Best Storyteller. The directing category pits him against directors like Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfilio. George Carlin’s American Dreamand Amy Poehler, director Lucia and Desi. Like Poehler and Apatow, Bell’s background is in comedy, first gaining recognition as a comedian.
“Sounds funny, it is Really It is a great honor to be nominated in such a difficult group of directors. For example, if you had told me 10 years ago that you and Judd Apatow were going to face each other in the directing category, I would have said, “What happened? his Career? “Bell was kidding.” I am very proud of the editors who have been nominated and I am very proud of all the producers who have been nominated. For me, just the fact that my name is mentioned in that group [of directors] It looks like a real victory. “
In the Outstanding Storyteller category, Bell is ranked with some outstanding fellow contestants.
“I am against Lupita Nyong’o, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sir David Attenborough and Barack Obama. Now then. How will I be, I hope to win! ” – he laughed. “I will be happy to be there and hear my name among these people”.
Today’s nominations bring Bell’s total career Emmy nominations to 10, with three wins. In the midst of this success, her responsibilities as her mother to her two small children help keep her grounded. I was on call this morning before the Emmy nominations were announced.
“I did what I do most mornings. I was preparing lunch for my children. I was arguing with my 4-year-old son about putting on his shoes so he could go to kindergarten, “he said.” Living the life of this father. I try to figure out how many carrots I can put in the lunch box, and then when they are finished all, [Emmy] The news began to come out. “
Source: Deadline
