How Nicco Annan created the cult character of P-Valley’s revolutionary Uncle Clifford
P-Valley brings the heat. The sizzling original series on STARZ follows the lives of dancers working down in the Dirty Delta at The Pynk, a popular strip club in Mississippi.The club’s owner, Uncle Clifford—played by the NAACP Image Award-winning actor Nicco Annan—has revolutionized television.
As a non-binary main character on the popular cable television show, the role of Uncle Clifford has simultaneously become a fictional icon, controversial figure, and hero, shifting both the stereotypes and possibilities of Black queer identity in Hollywood.
Subscribe to Native Son’s newsletter for more news, information, and conversations about Black gay and queer everything.Nicco Annan took a moment from shooting the new episodes of Season 3 of P-Valley to answer five questions From Native Son about the critically acclaimed series, all things Uncle Clifford, and to spill the tea on his new documentary series Down In the Valley. NATIVE SON: Why does P-Valley resonate so much with the LGBTQ community? NICCO ANNAN: “I think that P-Valley resonates because it’s not restricted to the LGBTQ community.
I think that most people in the Black community have a varied experience every day. Some folks can’t afford to live in a space where they can be around gay people.
