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. ^[1]

Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison.

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Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, and political activist.

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Ali (film)

Ali is a 2001 American biographical sports drama film written, produced and directed by Michael Mann.

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American Violet

American Violet is a 2008 drama film directed by Tim Disney and starring Nicole Beharie.

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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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Anthony Mackie

Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor.

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Antwone Fisher (film)

Antwone Fisher is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington in his feature film directorial debut.

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Attack the Block

Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega, Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, and Luke Treadaway.

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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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Baadasssss!

Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biopic, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles.

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Bamboozled

Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the resulting violent fallout from the show's success.

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Barbershop (film)

Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 13, 2002.

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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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Beasts of No Nation (film)

Beasts of No Nation is a 2015 American war drama film written, co-produced and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, who acted as his own cinematographer, about a young boy who becomes a child soldier as his country goes through a horrific war.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin.

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Belle (2013 film)

Belle is a 2013 British period drama film directed by Amma Asante, written by Misan Sagay and produced by Damian Jones.

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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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Beyond the Lights

Beyond the Lights is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed and written by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

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Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), was founded in 1974, in Oakland, California.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor

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

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

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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 Breakthrough Performance

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director

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

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

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary

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

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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 Film Poster

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Documentary

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Soundtrack

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

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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 Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor

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

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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

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

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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 Award for Outstanding Television Documentary or Special

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Documentary or Special.

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series

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

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Voice Performance

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

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Black Reel Awards of 2000

The 2000 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 16, 2000.

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Black Reel Awards of 2001

The 2001 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 12, 2001.

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Black Reel Awards of 2002

The 2002 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2002.

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Black Reel Awards of 2003

The 2003 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on March 2, 2003.

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Black Reel Awards of 2004

The 2004 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 2004.

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Black Reel Awards of 2005

The 2005 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 2005.

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Black Reel Awards of 2006

The 2006 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 2006.

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Black Reel Awards of 2007

The 2007 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2007.

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Black Reel Awards of 2008

The 2008 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on December 14, 2008.

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Black Reel Awards of 2010

The 2010 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 12, 2010.

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Black Reel Awards of 2011

The 2011 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2011.

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Black Reel Awards of 2012

The 2012 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 2012.

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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 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.

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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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Black Reel Awards of 2016

The 2016 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, were announced on Thursday, February 18, 2016.

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Black Reel Awards of 2017

The 17th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2016, is scheduled to take place on February 16, 2017, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00p.m. PST).

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Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest is a 2009 American crime film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin.

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Brown Sugar (2002 film)

Brown Sugar is a 2002 American romantic comedy film written by Michael Elliott and Rick Famuyiwa, directed by Famuyiwa, and starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan.

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Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records is a 2008 biographical musical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin.

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Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (born 22 October 1973), Ancestry.co.uk (retrieved 19 July 2009).

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Charles S. Dutton

Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American stage, film, and television actor and director, best known for his roles as "Fortune" in the film Rudy, "Dillon" in Alien 3, and the title role in the television sitcom Roc which originally ran on the Fox network from 1991 until 1994.

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Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq is a 2015 American musical crime drama film, directed and produced by Spike Lee and co-written by Lee and Kevin Willmott.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

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

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Chris Rock

Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director.

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Cicely Tyson

Cicely L.Tyson (born December 19, 1924) is an American actress and former fashion model.She is best known for playing strong African-American women on screen and stage throughout her career, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards, one Screen Actor Guild Award and one Tony Award.

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Collateral (film)

Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie.

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Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, poet, and film producer.

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Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis.

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Creed (film)

Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler and written by Coogler and Aaron Covington.

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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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David Oyelowo

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

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Dear White People

Dear White People is a 2014 American comedy-drama film, written, directed and co-produced by Justin Simien.

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Deliver Us from Eva

Deliver Us from Eva is a 2003 American romantic comedy film starring LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, revolving around LL's character Ray being paid to date a troublesome young lady named Eva (Union).

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Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor.

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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Derek Luke (actor)

Derek Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor.

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Dev Patel

Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is an English actor.

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, and Don Johnson in supporting roles.

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Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese and American actor and model.

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Don Cheadle

Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, writer, film producer and director.

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Dope (2015 film)

Dope is a 2015 American comedy-drama coming-of-age film written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi.

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Dreamgirls (film)

Dreamgirls is a 2006 American romantic musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.

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Erykah Badu

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress.

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Film industry

The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors, and other film crew personnel.

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For Colored Girls

For Colored Girls is a 2010 American tragedy film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.

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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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Fruitvale Station

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

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Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe (born May 6, 1983) is an American actress.

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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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Get Out

Get Out is a 2017 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut.

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

Gina Prince-Bythewood (born Gina Maria Prince; June 10, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Gregory Allen Howard

Gregory Allen Howard (born 1962) is an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for Remember The Titans (2000), a Disney movie about an undefeated high school football team credited with healing the racial divide in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971.

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Halle Berry

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

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Harvey Mason Jr.

Harvey Jay Mason Jr. (born June 3, 1968) is an American record producer, songwriter and movie producer.

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Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain.

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Idlewild (film)

Idlewild is a 2006 American musical drama written and directed by Bryan Barber.

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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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James Lassiter

James Lassiter is an American film producer.

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Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer, and comedian.

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Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor.

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Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and spokesperson.

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John Legend

John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter and actor.

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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 Singleton

John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing Boyz n the Hood (1991).

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Jumping the Broom

Jumping the Broom is a 2011 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Tracey E. Edmonds, Elizabeth Hunter, T.D. Jakes, Glendon Palmer, and Curtis Wallace.

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Just Wright

Just Wright is a 2010 American romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah and Common that tells the story of a physical therapist who falls in love with a professional basketball player.

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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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Kerry Washington

Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977 Sidebar: (County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health). Gives Kerry Washington birth date. from the original on May 2, 2016.Note: FilmReference.com states "Born January 5, 1977 (some sources cite 1975)…." at) is an American actress.

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Kimberly Elise

Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967), professionally known as Kimberly Elise, is an American film and television actress.

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Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues is an American play written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson that premiered in 2001.

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Laurence Fishburne

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director.

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Lee Daniels

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

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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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List of diplomatic missions of France

This is a list of diplomatic missions of France, excluding honorary consulates.

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Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball is a 2000 American romantic drama film starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps.

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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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Malcolm D. Lee

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

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Maya Rudolph

Maya Khabira Rudolph Gale Biography In Context.

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Middle of Nowhere (2012 film)

Middle of Nowhere is a 2012 independent feature film written and directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Omari Hardwick and Lorraine Toussaint.

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Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St.

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Mo'Nique

Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes; born December 11, 1967), known professionally as Mo'Nique, is an American comedian and actress.

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Mooz-lum

Mooz-lum is a 2011 American independent film written and directed by Qasim "Q" Basir and starring Danny Glover.

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Morgan Freeman

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Mos Def

Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), best known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, and activist.

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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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Nia Long

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

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Night Catches Us

Night Catches Us is a 2010 drama film directed and written by Tanya Hamilton and stars Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce and Novella Nelson.

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Octavia Spencer

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

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Pariah (2011 film)

Pariah is a 2011 American art drama film written and directed by Dee Rees.

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Precious (film)

Precious: Base on Nol by Saf (Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire), or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels.

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Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, actress, and producer.

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Quvenzhané Wallis

Quvenzhané Wallis (born August 28, 2003) is an American actress and voice actress.

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Ray (film)

Ray is a 2004 American musical biographical film focusing on 30 years in the life of rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles.

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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a 2004 television film starring Jamie Foxx and Lynn Whitfield.

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Reggie Rock Bythewood

Reggie Rock Bythewood (born July 7, 1965) is an American film director, writer, actor, and producer.

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Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin.

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Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr.

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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

Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer.

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Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress and voice actress.

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Selma (film)

Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb.

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Sharon Warren

Sharon Warren is an American film actress.

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Something New (film)

Something New is a 2006 American romantic drama film directed by Sanaa Hamri.

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Sparkle (2012 film)

Sparkle is a 2012 American musical film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Stage 6 Films, It was released on August 17, 2012, by TriStar Pictures.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Steve McQueen (director)

Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist.

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Straight Outta Compton (film)

Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, depicting the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre.

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Tangerine (film)

Tangerine is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean Baker and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor and James Ransone.

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Taraji P. Henson

Taraji Penda Henson (born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, singer, and author.

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Terrence Howard

Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor and singer.

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Tessa Thompson

Tessa Lynn Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress.

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Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris (born September 22, 1987) is an American actress.

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The Best Man (2005 film)

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The Best Man Holiday

The Best Man Holiday is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee.

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The Brothers (2001 film)

The Brothers is a 2001 romantic comedy starring Morris Chestnut, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy, and Shemar Moore.

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The Butler

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The Fighting Temptations

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The Help (film)

The Help is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor and adapted from Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name.

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The Hurricane (1999 film)

The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison.

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The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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The Secret Life of Bees (film)

The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film, adapted from the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.

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The Underdogs (production team)

The Underdogs are an American R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas.

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The Wood

The Wood is a 1999 American coming of age film written by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd and directed by Rick Famuyiwa.

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Top Five

Top Five is a 2014 American comedy film written and directed by Chris Rock.

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Training Day

Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by David Ayer.

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Tyler Perry

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Undercover Brother

Undercover Brother is a 2002 American action comedy film starring Eddie Griffin and directed by Malcolm D. Lee.

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United States

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Ving Rhames

Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor of screen and stage known for his roles as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series, as well as Pulp Fiction, Don King: Only in America, Rosewood, Con Air, Dawn of the Dead, and Bringing Out the Dead, as well as the voice of Cobra Bubbles in the 2002 film Lilo & Stitch.

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer.

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, rapper, comedian, and songwriter.

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Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana-PeregoSaldana on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, June 11, 2015, cited in (born Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario; June 19, 1978), known professionally as Zoe Saldana or Zoë Saldana, is an American actress and dancer.

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12 Years a Slave (film)

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.

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