She was initially inspired to work in TV by Black sitcoms like “Moesha,” “Girlfriends” and “Martin,” but by the mid-to-late aughts, there was a dearth of Black scripted shows on the air.

Though there is still a long way to go regarding equality in representation, remarkable films and TV series demonstrate the extent to which Black women’s stories are just as powerful and ...

If every scene was about the actual boys who once laid the black stuff then it could have worn as thin as a giro on a Liverpool FC (though the beautifully written Yosser line to fellow moustachioed ...