Emva ngoSeptemba ngo-2018, uViola Davis wavuma ukuba azisole ngedrama ye-teit taylor "(ngo-2011), nangona indima kulo mfanekiso '. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, uDavis wabuyela kwesi sihloko kudliwanondlebe onamampunge, echaza ukuba uziva ngathi yifilimu ethembekileyo. "Isicaka" saphinda saza saba sekubondlini sengqwalaselo yemvelaphi yokulwa iprojekti yobuqhetseba eyathimba iUnited States emva kokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd.
UDavis, njengaye esebenza naye uBryce Dallas, esithi "isicaka" ukwenjeo filimu ichasene nababukeli abamhlophe:
Ayingamabali amaninzi anegalelo ekuphuhlisweni kwabantu bethu. Iingxelo ezininzi zibonisa umbono wokuba mnyama, kodwa ... Yonke le nto yenziwe ukuthandana noluntu olumhlophe. Uninzi lwabaphulaphuli abamhlophe banokuhlala phantsi kwaye bafumane isifundo semfundo malunga nokuba singobani. Emva koko baya kuyishiya i-cinema kwaye baya kuthetha ngentsingiselo yokubonwa kwabo. Kodwa akukho mntu uya kuchukunyiswa ngabo. Akukho namnye 'umkhonzi' ongayi kuba kukonwabisa. Kodwa into endiyileyo endiyithetha ukuba ndiza kubonakala ngathi ndiyandingcatsha mna nabantu bam, ngenxa yokuba ndilahliwe kwifilimu, eyayingakulungeli ukuyithetha yonke inyani.
Kwenzeka ntoni ngexesha elinye uDavis ukuba avume kwindima ye-Eibiin? Ngokutsho komdlali weqonga, wagqiba kwelokuba akwenzekiwe kuphela ngenxa yokuba yayilithuba lakhe lokwaphula phezulu. UDavis uthi: "Abasebenzi abamnyama nabangenamsebenzi abangenabungqina banqabile ukuba bakwazi ukuvakalisa kwilizwi lonke, bangene kumqolo omnye onoluhlu olunjalo 'ngamatye abuhlungu okanye i-kristen-stewartpoon.