“What this woman was able to do in the 1900s and her vision—how did she ever imagine that she could do it at that time?' Director kasi_lemmons on Netflix's latest binge-worthy series, SelfMade: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.
When director Kasi Lemmons began researching haircare entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker 20 years ago, she was bowled over by what she discovered. “She was a black woman who became the first self-made female millionaire in America, and I thought it was an extraordinary story,” Lemmons shared on the phone from Los Angeles.
. Walker’s trajectory was equally inspiring; born Sarah Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, she was orphaned at 7 and spent much of her childhood as a domestic servant. Married at the age of 14, she sought to build a better life for herself and daughter A’Lelia when she moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and began to learn about hair care from her barber brothers.
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