They worked together for the first time on his 2013 feature film “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” “What is the word I am looking for? Controversial, you know? Spicy.”ĭaCosta also jumped at the opportunity to work again with Daniels. We are playing with these serious themes, but we are making them so fun and exciting. It’s so much fun, and there’s so much about my character that I felt was really important to bring to the forefront of our discussions, of our slate. And I fell in love with ‘Our Kind of People.’ This show is a dream in so many ways,” DaCosta says. “There was a window opening and a question mark of whether I would stay or go. The series stars Yaya DaCosta (“Chicago Med”), Morris Chestnut (“The Resident”), Joe Morton (“Scandal”), Nadine Ellis (“Let’s Stay Together”), Lance Gross (“Hawaii 5-0”), Rhyon Nicole Brown (“Empire”), Kyle Bary (“Ginny & Georgia”) and Alana Bright.ĭaCosta went directly from “Chicago Med” to “Our Kind of People.” She soon discovers a dark secret about her own mother’s past that will turn her world upside-down and shake up this community forever. A big part of her plan is to make an impact with her revolutionary hair care line that highlights the innate, natural beauty of Black women.

Soap lives in me,” Daniels says.ĭaniels teamed with writer and executive producer Karin Gist (“Grey’s Anatomy”) to create the series that follows a strong-willed, single mom as she looks to reclaim her family’s name. I remember, when we did ‘Empire,’ that’s what I wanted to, sort of, base it off of.

The series, inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book, “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class,” unfolds in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, a historical stronghold where the rich and powerful Black elite have come to play for more than 50 years. He’s taking the same approach with his latest TV venture, “Our Kind of People,” slated to launch at 8 p.m. Lee Daniels (“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”) got to show off his love for the genre of prime-time soap operas such as ‘Dallas,” “Dynasty” and “Falcon Crest” when he created the FOX drama “Empire.” He took the back-stabbing, bed-hopping themes of those popular shows and gave them a new look through his African-American cast.

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