For playwright-turned-showrunner Katori Hall, she’s on a mission to put a human face on exotic dancers and shows their full lives off the pole with her play-turned-STARZ series, PValley.

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On PValley‘s Origins…

KATORI HALL: “Set down in the Dirty Delta, in a club called The Pynk [pronounced Pank] says Hall, who hails from Memphis, Tennessee.

On PValley‘s Comparisons to Films The Players’ Club and Hustlers…

HALL: “[The Players Club] was like one of the first movies that really visually articulated a Black Southern strip club, right?

On Why Black Women Should Watch A Show About Strippers…

HALL: “These women, they’re just like me and you.