Black Reel Awards of 2014

The 2014 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, were announced on Thursday, February 13, 2014. ^[1]

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a 2013 American romantic crime drama film written and directed by David Lowery.

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Alexandre Moors

Alexandre Moors (born 1972) is a French director, writer and editor.

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Alicia Keys

Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter.

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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is a 2012 American semi-animated comedy-drama-romance film, directed by Terence Nance, following a quixotic artist who, when stood up by an attractive woman, makes a film about it and shows it to her.

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Andrew Dosunmu

Andrew Dosunmu is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker who came to prominence in the United States after directing music videos for various acclaimed artists including Isaac Hayes, Angie Stone, Common, Tracy Chapman, Wyclef Jean, Kelis, Aaron Neville, Talib Kweli and Maxwell.

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Angela Bassett

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist.

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Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress and singer known for her Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the 2006 film Dreamgirls.

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Audra McDonald

Audra Ann McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is a German-born American actress and singer.

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Ava DuVernay

Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor.

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Barkhad Abdi

Barkhad Abdi (Barkhad Cabdi) (born April 10, 1985) is a Somali-American actor and director.

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Being Mary Jane

Being Mary Jane is an American drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and starring Gabrielle Union, that debuted January 7, 2014 on BET. The 90-minute-pilot for the series aired on July 2, 2013. The series follows professional and personal life of successful TV news anchor Mary Jane Paul, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Being Mary Jane has received positive reviews from critics, and the series premiere on BET had more than 4 million viewers. The second and third seasons received critical acclaim, specifically praising Gabrielle Union's leading performance, Mara Brock Akil's writing, and directing work by Regina King. On January 6, 2016, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on January 10, 2017. Set in New York, season 4 reaches a milestone and a record as it is made with 20 episodes. It was announced on October 11, 2017 that the series would conclude in 2018 with a two-hour movie finale. At the 45th NAACP Image Awards, the pilot movie won the award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, and Union for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. The series later received another nine NAACP Image Awards nominations, include two for Outstanding Drama Series.

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BET

Black Entertainment Television (BET, stylised as BET★) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the BET Networks division of Viacom.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman.

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Bill Duke

William Henry Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director.

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Black Nativity (film)

Black Nativity is a 2013 American musical drama film directed by Kasi Lemmons.

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Black people

Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.

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Black Reel Award for Best Actor

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture.

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Black Reel Award for Best Actress

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture.

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Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

Here are the list of nominees and winners of the Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.

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Black Reel Award for Best Director

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Director.

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Black Reel Award for Best Original or Adapted Song

Here are the winners and nominees of the Black Reel Award for Best Original or Adapted Song.

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Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

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Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Ensemble

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Ensemble.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series.

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Black Reel Awards

The Black Reel Awards, or "BRAs", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) to recognize excellence of African-Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora, in the global film industry, as assessed by the Foundation’s voting membership.

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Black Reel Awards of 2013

The 2013 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Harlem, New York on February 7, 2013.

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Black Reel Awards of 2015

The 2015 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, were announced on Thursday, February 19, 2015.

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Blue Caprice

Blue Caprice is a 2013 American independent drama film directed by Alexandre Moors, and based on the 2002 D.C. sniper attacks.

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Caitrin Rogers

Caitrin Rogers is a film producer.

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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film is a made-for-television film which was first aired on Lifetime on April 20, 2013.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Captain Phillips (film)

Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical survival thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi.

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Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (born November 29, 1977 or 1976) (sources differ) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). He has also had roles in the television series Lincoln Heights (2008) and Persons Unknown (2010), and the films The Express (2008), Draft Day (2014), and ''Message from the King'' (2016). He has played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

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Charles Stone III

Charles Stone III (born 1966) is an American film director.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor.

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CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story is a 2013 American television biographical film about the R&B and hip hop musical trio TLC.

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Danai Gurira

Danai Jekesai Gurira (born February 14, 1978) is an American actress and playwright, best known for her role as Michonne on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama series, as the writer of the play Eclipsed, and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, beginning with Black Panther, and later reprising her role in Avengers: Infinity War.

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Dancing on the Edge (TV series)

Dancing on the Edge is a British television drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and produced by the BBC about a black jazz band in London in the early 1930s.

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Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist.

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Dark Girls

Dark Girls is a 2011 documentary film by American filmmakers Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry.

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David Oyelowo

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo, (born 1 April 1976) is an English actor and producer.

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Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me.

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Epic (2013 film)

Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated action-adventure film loosely based on William Joyce's children's book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs.

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Ernie Hudson

Earnest Lee "Ernie" Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American character actor.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Fantasia Barrino

Fantasia Monique Taylor (née Barrino; born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director.

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Free Birds

Free Birds is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy film about two turkeys traveling back in time to prevent Thanksgiving.

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Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler.

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Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (born October 29, 1972) is an American actress, activist, and author.

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George Tillman Jr.

George Tillman Jr. (born January 26, 1969) is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director.

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Gil Friesen

Gil Friesen (March 19, 1937 – December 13, 2012) was an American music and film executive known for being chairman of A&M Records from 1977 until its sale for $500 million in 1990, co-founder of the Classic Sports Cable Network and executive producer of The Breakfast Club in 1985.

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Gimme the Loot (film)

Gimme the Loot is a 2012 American comedy film written and directed by Adam Leon.

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Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Go for Sisters

Go for Sisters is a 2013 crime drama, written and directed by John Sayles.

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God Loves Uganda

God Loves Uganda is a documentary film produced and directed by Roger Ross Williams, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

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Halle Berry

Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress.

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Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is an American cable and satellite television network that is owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc.

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Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and record producer.

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Happy (Pharrell Williams song)

"Happy" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer Pharrell Williams, from the ''Despicable Me 2'' soundtrack album.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Home Again (2012 film)

Home Again is a 2012 Canadian drama film directed by Sudz Sutherland, shot primarily in Trinidad and Tobago and set in Kingston, Jamaica, about three people who have been deported back to Jamaica, despite having lived in Canada, United States and United Kingdom for most of their lives.

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Idris Elba

Idrissa Akuna Elba (born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, producer, musician, and DJ.

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Isaiah Washington

Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor.

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Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, dancer, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969) known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized JAY-Z), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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Johannes Roberts

Johannes Roberts (born 24 May 1976) is a British film director, producer, and writer.

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John Ridley

John Ridley IV (born October 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, and showrunner, known for 12 Years a Slave, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist.

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Judith Hill

Judith Glory Hill (born May 6, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California.

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Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons (born Karen Lemmons; February 24, 1961, filmreference.com; accessed April 30, 2015.) is an American film director and actress, most notable for her work on the films Eve's Bayou, The Caveman's Valentine and Talk to Me.

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Kate Lanier

Kate Lanier is an American screenwriter best known for such films as CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, What's Love Got to Do with It, Beauty Shop, Glitter, The Mod Squad and Set It Off.

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Keith David

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American screen and voice actor, comedian, and singer.

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Keke Palmer

Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and presenter.

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Kenny Leon

Kenny Leon is an American director notable for his work on Broadway and in regional theater.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle).

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Lakeith Stanfield

Lakeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991), sometimes credited as Keith Stanfield, is an American actor and rapper.

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LaTanya Richardson

LaTanya Richardson (born October 21, 1949), often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer.

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Lee Daniels

Lee Louis Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American producer, director and writer.

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Lifetime (TV network)

Lifetime (previously stylized as lifetime) is an American cable and satellite television channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by the Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company.

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LisaGay Hamilton

LisaGay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964) is an American director, and film, television, and theater actress known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC's legal drama The Practice.

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Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Marla Hendricks in the Fox drama series Boston Public, and for her recurring role as Adele Webber on the Shonda Rhimes' Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011.

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Ludwig Göransson

Ludwig Göransson (born September 1, 1984), also known under the stage name Ludovin, is a Swedish composer and record producer.

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Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born March 1, 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, she was born in Mexico City where her father was teaching and was raised in Kenya from the age of one. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College. Nyong'o began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012). Also in 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes. She then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama. Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win an Academy Award. Nyong'o made her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the critically acclaimed play Eclipsed (2015), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Following a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy, Nyong'o starred as Nakia in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018). In addition to acting, Nyong'o supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for animal rights. In 2014, she was named the most beautiful woman by People. Nyong'o is a 2019 Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree.

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Made in America (2013 film)

Made in America is a 2013 American documentary film, directed by Ron Howard, about the music festival of the same name founded by Jay-Z. It was screened in the Mavericks section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Maiken Baird

Maiken Baird is an American documentary film director and producer.

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Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee (born January 11, 1970) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a 2013 British-South African biographical film directed by Justin Chadwick from a script written by William Nicholson and starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.

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Mara Brock Akil

Mara Brock Akil (born Mara Dionne Brock, May 27, 1970) is an American screenwriter and television producer.

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Mark Isham

Mark Ware Isham (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician.

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Maya Rudolph

Maya Khabira Rudolph Gale Biography In Context.

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Melonie Diaz

Melonie Diaz (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress who has appeared in many independent films, including four shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

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Michael B. Jordan

Michael Bakari Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor.

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Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.

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Mother of George

Mother of George is a 2013 Nigerian drama film directed by Andrew Dosunmu and tells the story of a newly married Nigerian couple in Brooklyn who own and manage a small restaurant while struggling with fertility issues.

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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight is a 2013 American television drama film about the late boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War, focusing on how the United States Supreme Court decided to rule in Ali's favor in the 1971 case of Clay v. United States.

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Nairobi Half Life

Nairobi Half Life is a 2012 Kenyan drama film directed by David "Tosh" Gitonga.

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Naomie Harris

Naomie Melanie Harris, (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress.

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Nate Parker

Nate Parker (born November 18, 1979) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and musical performer who has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, ''Arbitrage'', ''Non-Stop'', ''Felon'', and Pride.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Nia Long

Nia Talita Long, (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress.

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Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970), also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and model.

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Nine for IX

Nine for IX is the title for a series of documentary films which aired on ESPN, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX.

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Octavia Spencer

Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1972) is an American actress and author.

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Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick (born January 9, 1974) is an American actor, known for his roles in the TV series Saved and Dark Blue, in Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna (2008), and, The A-Team (2010), Kick-Ass (2010), in Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010) and as Andre in BET Network's Being Mary Jane.

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.

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Oprah Winfrey Network

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is an American pay television channel owned by Harpo Studios and Discovery Inc. It debuted on January 1, 2011, in approximately 80 million homes, replacing the Discovery Health Channel (DHC).

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Pastor Brown

Pastor Brown is a 2009 American film.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer.

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Rockmond Dunbar

Rockmond Dunbar (born January 11, 1973 in Berkeley, California) is an American actor.

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Rodrigo Leão

Rodrigo Leão is a Portuguese musician and songwriter.

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Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams (born September 13, 1962) is an American television news, documentary and entertainment director, producer and writer.

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Ron Howard

Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Rosario Dawson

Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress, producer, singer, comic book writer, and political activist.

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Ryan Coogler

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