BY: DANIEL PETERSON
Being thankful is something that might seem simple, but tough for many to frankly express it. This the very reason why Viola’s thankful efforts will make her unique in the entire Oscars’ history
At the 89th ‘Annual Academy Awards,’ Viola Davis won the, well-deserved Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the role she played as ‘Rose Maxson’ in Fences.
As soon as Davis took the stage, everybody knew they were to have a heck of speech.
In her acceptance speech, the proud mother
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 89th Academy Awards kicked off with Justin Timberlake dancing down the Dolby Theatre aisles, Jimmy Kimmel mocking Matt Damon and a standing ovation for the “highly overrated” Meryl Streep.Timberlake’s ebullient song — “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” from the animated film “Trolls” — was an early cue that the Oscars would steer toward festiveness instead of heavy-handed politics.
But in a finale that rivaled one of Hollywood most dramatic, the coming of age film “Moonlight” was
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Black indie directors were tapped for studio blockbusters, and some of the most interesting films about black characters were made on the margins.
What we talk about when we talk about “Black American Cinema” remains an obscure thing, even in the year of #oscarssowhite and Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight. It was a triumphant and tragic twelve months, I suppose. Black directors, those who had created their own opportunities when none were handed to them by Hollywood, emerg
Cast members pose as they arrive for the gala screening of the film “Moonlight”, on the second night of the 60th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival at Embankment Garden Cinema in London, Britain October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall
If the Oscars turn out to be “so white” again next year, it will not be for a lack of candidates.
A handful of critically acclaimed movies featuring people of color are vying for awards attention this year, ranging from a Pulitzer Prize-winning family
