{"id":143484,"date":"2020-04-15T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=143484"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:25:31","slug":"mrs-america-with-uzo-aduba-niecy-nash-bria-henderson-jay-ellis-now-playing-on-fx-on-hulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/mrs-america-with-uzo-aduba-niecy-nash-bria-henderson-jay-ellis-now-playing-on-fx-on-hulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. America With Uzo Aduba, Niecy Nash, Bria Henderson, Jay Ellis Now Playing On FX On Hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Premiering April 15 on Disney’s FX on Hulu is Mrs. America. Among those of color in front and behind the scenes are producer\/ writer Tanya Barfield<\/strong>, directors Amma Asante<\/strong> (Eps 3 & 4) and Janicza Bravo<\/strong> (Ep 8), composer Kris Bowers<\/strong>, and actors\u00a0Uzo Aduba, Niecy Nash, Bria Henderson, Jay Ellis,\u00a0Brandon J. Dirden, Melissa Joyner and Novie Edwards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spanning nine episodes, Mrs. America tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka \u201cthe sweetheart of the silent majority.\u201d Through the eyes of the women of the era \u2013 both Schlafly and second wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus \u2013 the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 1970s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the political landscape.<\/p>\n

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Mrs. America features an all-star team in front of and behind the cameras.\u00a0 Two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Cate Blanchett<\/strong> headlines as Phyllis Schlafly, leading a stellar cast portraying some of the most iconic women of the era, including Emmy Award nominated Rose Byrne<\/strong> as Gloria Steinem, Emmy Award winner Margo Martindale<\/strong> as Bella Abzug, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Uzo Aduba<\/strong> as Shirley Chisholm, Emmy Award nominated Elizabeth Banks<\/strong> as Jill Ruckelshaus, and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Tracey Ullman<\/strong> as Betty Friedan.\u00a0 The cast also boasts Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Paulson<\/strong>, Emmy Award nominated John Slattery<\/strong>, Emmy Award nominated Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ari Graynor, Melanie Lynskey<\/strong> and Kayli Carter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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MRS. AMERICA — Pictured: Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm. CR: Pari Dukovic\/FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Executive Producers are Emmy Award winner Dahvi Waller<\/strong>, who serves as creator and showrunner, Academy Award nominated Stacey Sher, Coco Francini, Cate Blanchett<\/strong> and Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck<\/strong>, who directed four of the nine episodes, including the first two.<\/p>\n

Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) as Shirley Chisholm, who made history as the first African-American congresswoman. She also became the first African-American candidate to run for president from a national political party when she launched her unprecedented campaign in 1972.<\/p>\n

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MRS. AMERICA — Pictured: Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly. CR: Pari Dukovic\/FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Slattery (Mad Men) as Fred Schlafly, Phyllis\u2019 anti-Communist husband who was a prominent lawyer and GOP donor<\/p>\n

Rose Byrne (Damages) as Gloria Steinem, the most recognizable leader of the women\u2019s movement, who co-founded the magazine Ms. and played a major part in the effort to pass the ERA<\/p>\n

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MRS. AMERICA — Pictured: Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem. CR: Pari Dukovic\/FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Margo Martindale (The Americans) as Bella Abzug, a three-term congresswoman who spearheaded the effort to pass the ERA<\/p>\n

Ari Graynor (I\u2019m Dying Up Here) as Brenda Feigen-Fasteau, a Harvard-educated lawyer and young feminist who co-founded Ms. with Steinem<\/p>\n

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MRS. AMERICA — Pictured: Sarah Paulson as \u201cAlice\u201d. CR: Pari Dukovic\/FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock) as Rosemary Thomson, a homemaker in Schlafley\u2019s inner circle who eagerly joined her fight against the ERA<\/p>\n

Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show) as Betty Friedan, known as the mother of the women\u2019s movement. An active proponent of the ERA, Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique and co-founded the National Women\u2019s Political Caucus.<\/p>\n

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MRS. AMERICA — Pictured: Niecy Nash as Florynce “Flo” Kennedy. CR: Sabrina Lantos\/FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeanne Tripplehorn (Criminal Minds) as Eleanor Schlafly, Fred\u2019s unmarried sister and a close confidant of Phyllis, who is also a devoted aunt to Phyllis\u2019 six children<\/p>\n

Kayli Carter (Godless) as Pamela, a young and impressionable (and fictional) housewife who is an early member of Phyllis\u2019 anti-ERA movement.<\/p>\n

Nash will portray Flo Kennedy, friend and confidant to Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm, who co-created the Black Feminist Organization from salon style meetings in her apartment.<\/p>\n

Marsden (Westworld) as Phil Crane, a conservative congressman from Phyllis\u2019 home state of Illinois and one of her most powerful allie<\/p>\n