For actress Kiki Layne, freedom in 2022 means more control over how she is represented and the things she gets to do.
“It’s not lost on me how blessed I am to be able to be a young Black actor in the industry at this time, but I also know that there’s still a lot of ground to break in terms of how much control we have,” she said in an interview.
Check out her full response in the video above.
Kayla Grant is a multimedia journalist with bylines in Shondaland, Oz Magazine, Prism, rolling out and more. She writes about culture, books and entertainment news. Follow her on Twitter: @TheKaylaGrant.
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