Rosario Dawson & Ernest Dickerson On How ‘DMZ’ Is A Cautionary Tale For Today’s Divisive World — Contenders TV

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Rosario Dawson knows a little something about living in desolation. While discussing her dystopian drama DMZ at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday, the actress recounted her Coney Island roots and how her surroundings looked very similar to the world that HBO Max built for the limited series.“I grew up on the lower Eastside, born in Coney Island, and grew up in an abandoned building,” said Dawson, who was joined onstage by director/executive producer Ernest Dickerson. “That neighborhood was, like, bombed out.

As a community we knew that no one was coming to rescue us. We had to work together to create community.”Contenders TV: Deadline’s Complete CoverageBased on the DC Comics title of the same name, DMZ is in an apocalyptic drama that takes place during the second Civil War.

Dawson plays Alma Ortega, a medic traveling through the demilitarized zone of Manhattan Island who becomes a symbol of hope for those who are cut off from the rest of the world.

Ava DuVernay was also a director and executive producer on the project.“[This is about] the folks left behind when the bridges and tunnels are cut off,” Dawson says. “They are tenacious and they are resilient.