Viola Davis and Husband Launch Publishing Company, JVL Media [Video]

Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, have launched an inclusion-focused publishing company called JVL Media. Adding yet another title to her long list of accomplishments, the actress and her husband wanted to create a space where those underrepresented in the book world would have a place to thrive.

The couple launched a similar production company, JuVee Productions – best known for producing The Woman King movie – in 2011 as a platform dedicated to those in the film industry who were underrepresented. With the production company creating a blueprint for the publishing company, the couple is confident that JVL Media will have the same progression.

Davis and Tennon launched JVL Media in partnership with Houston based author and editor Lavaille Lavette, who assisted with Davis’s New York Times Best Selling Memoir, Finding Me. Together, their goal is showing appreciation for both non-fiction and fiction work. The two parties hope to highlight authors from diverse …