{"id":16955,"date":"2022-06-07T08:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:03:23","slug":"the-porters-alfre-woodard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-porters-alfre-woodard\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: The Porter\u2019s Alfre Woodard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With an acting career that spans more than four decades, Alfre Woodard\u2019s list of credits and accolades is both long and varied. She has received four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and two Grammy Awards. Her work includes <em>See<\/em>, <em>Luke Cage<\/em> and <em>The Family That Preys<\/em>, and she can currently be seen co-starring in <em>The Porter<\/em> on BET+ (U.S.) and CBC (Canada).<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6307388820112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Set in the early 1920s and inspired by real events, <em>The Porter<\/em> follows train porters Junior Massey and Zeke Garrett and their friends and families as a tragedy on the job sets them on starkly different paths to better lives\u2014and on a direct collision course with each other. 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