Black women showrunners are on a critically acclaimed roll this television season, and Misha Green is the latest to score a hit. Her sophomore series, HBO’s Lovecraft Country, is a horror-Sci-Fi-AfroFuturistic drama about a Black family in the 1950s, surviving the real and metaphorical monsters birthed from white supremacy. Adapted from Matt Ruff’s novel by the same name, Green’s Lovecraft Country is a reclamation of genre for Black people, and particularly Black women, who are often missing from or insignificant to these types of sci-fi stories.
This show is in conversation with everyone who’s watching it, and we’re not keeping our ears closed to that conversation.
With a massive prestige drama budget, Green swung for the fences in this ambitious and historic series, drawing significant praise and conversation, especially on Twitter where the show trended every Sunday night over its 10-episode run. While Lovecraft Country was a definite hit, it also received its fair share of criticisms about colorism and its handling of queer characters on the show.
Just before the finale aired, Shondaland caught up with Misha Green for a brief but wide-ranging conversation about success, failure, and growing through critique.
Read the interview on Shondaland.com.