Tonya Mosley
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He was repeatedly jailed and beaten, and he was also a complex figure.
He married 27 band members in one day and was an AIDS denier, even though he had it.
We'll talk with Jad Abumrad about his Fela podcast.
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With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.
Today, my guest is actor and producer Tessa Thompson.
Many of the characters she's played share something in common.
They're public-facing but privately conflicted, grappling with visibility, identity, and control over their own lives.
She starred as the warrior Valkyrie in the Marvel Universe, the musician Bianca in the Creed franchise, civil rights strategist Diane Nash in Selma,
a woman navigating the fraught boundaries of racial identity in the film Passing, and a biracial college student wrestling with racial politics and dear white people.
And this Sunday, she's up for a Golden Globe, nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture for her portrayal of Hedda, Nia DaCosta's reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play.