Emuva ngoSepthemba 2018, uViola Davis uvumile ukuthi uyazisola ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe kwiDrama kaTiit Taylor "Izinceku" (2011), yize indima kulesi sithombe yamlethela ukuqokwa kuka-Oscar "Indima Yesifazane Ehamba phambili". Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, uDavis wabuyela kulesi sihloko engxoxweni ne-Vanity Fair, esho ukuthi usazizwa njengefilimu ethembekile. "Inceku" ibuye yaba maphakathi nokunaka okuphambene nalesi sizinda semibhikisho elwa nobuhlanga eyayithumba i-United States ngemuva kokushona kukaGeorge Floyd.
UDavis, njengozakwabo uBryce Dallas Howard, asola "inceku" ngoba le filimu elwa nolwabafundisi yenzelwe ikakhulukazi izibukeli ezimhlophe:
Akunazindaba eziningi ezibangela ukuthuthukiswa kobuntu bethu. Ukulandisa okuningi kuveza umqondo wokuba mnyama, kepha ... konke lokhu kwenziwa esikhundleni somphakathi omhlophe. Kaningi izilaleli ezimhlophe zingahlala phansi zithole isifundo sezemfundo mayelana nokuthi singobani. Ngemuva kwalokho bazoshiya i-cinema futhi bazokhuluma ngencazelo yalokhu okubonakalayo. Kepha akekho oyothintwa yilabo esiyikho. Akekho umuntu "inceku" engeke ayikwazi ukuzijabulisa kuye. Kepha okuthile kimi kusho ukuthi kuzobonakala ngathi ngikhaphela mina nabantu bami, ngoba ngibe nenkanyezi kwifilimu, ebingakulungeli ukukhuluma iqiniso lonke.
Ngabe uDavis waphoqelelwa ukuba avume ukuvumela iqhaza le-Ebiin? Ngokusho komsebenzi, wanquma ngesinyathelo esinjalo kuphela ngenxa yokuthi kwakuyithuba lakhe lokugqekeza phezulu. UDavis uphikisana nokuthi "abalingisi abamnyama abangenasici" baqabukela kakhulu benze ukuba bakwazi ukuzichaza ngezwi lonke, ukungena emgqeni owodwa ngo-Emma Stone "njenge-kristen stewart.