“Some people, in positions of power, feel that they need to do this to make things right and are giving shows like Snowfall and Queen Sugar the same break that they would’ve given so-called ‘white’ shows,” Mosley opines. It’s also a time when, not coincidentally, a Black creative renaissance is occurring on the big and small screen.
The timing of Snowfall‘s return is equally significant in a world more willing to acknowledge systemic racism after the police murder of George Floyd. They have been waiting for Snowfall to come back, and now it’s back.”
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When I tell people I write for Snowfall, they start talking about storylines from the show, and they say, ‘They told us the CIA didn’t put crack cocaine in the hood, but we know they did.’ That audience will never go away. That was his life, and he was so committed to it and in doing it. He was born in the hood, and he died in the hood. “This show has a giant audience that lives through John Singleton’s genius,” he adds. He was a great man because he helped people and he told stories no one else did.” He was a genius as a director and a filmmaker. But John, whenever I’ve been asked to talk about him, I always say he was a great man. It’s important for me to say that, because in Hollywood, you can become really important while actually not being really important. “I’m sure he’s happy with how things turned out for the show,” Mosley says. He was making films and television shows, but he was also changing the system.”Īs for Snowfall and how it has evolved, Mosley says Singleton would appreciate the growth of his show and characters such as Teddy (Carter Hudson) the CIA operative, Franklin’s best friend Leon (Isaiah John) and his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis), Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph) and mother Cissy (Michael Hyatt). Some were fresh out of prison and couldn’t get work anywhere else. But if you can do it, this is your job, and this is your life.’ There are so many people that John did that for. He would say, ‘Try it, and if you can’t do it, that’s fine. “And John hired them all and gave them a chance. “I know people who are writers, who are actors and people who work as DPs, you know, just working crew,” Mosley says. I could just come in and be an advisor, and then that helped me become one of the show’s writers.” “I told John I had never written TV, and he told me that that was OK. When do you want to come in?'” Mosley recalls. “Listen, I wouldn’t even be doing television right now if John hadn’t called me up and said, ‘I think I need you in this room. The Performers of the Week (TIE): Lydia West and Elizabeth Olsen Queen Latifah: 'Black Women Have Been Equalizing for Years and Years, From Hatshepsut to Kamala Harris' The United States vs Billie Holiday Director Lee Daniels on Jazz Icon: 'Her Imperfection Is What Made Her Perfect' This is a Franklin who is trying to still prove his dominance now that he needs a cane to walk, and a man whose ties to the CIA have become even more twisted and compromised. Now that Snowfall has returned for Season 4 (airing Wednesdays at 10/9c) after a year-and-a-half-long hiatus lengthened by COVID, fans will get a greater understanding of Franklin and the continual weight of his decisions.
This is something the series’ writers and producers explored in the Season 3 finale when viewers got an alternate-universe version of Franklin’s (Damson Idris) life had he gone the collegiate route.
Not the gray-area choices of wrong from right, because that’s subjective, but the choices about life’s paths and allegiances.
Take away the drugs and the crime, and FX’s gritty ’80s crack epidemic drama Snowfall is a show about choices.
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