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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. ''Love & Basketball'' swept the awards, picking up six trophies during the evening. ''The Corner ''The Corner'' is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book '' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'' (1997) by David Simon and Ed Burns, and adapted for television by David Simon and David Mill ...'' followed very closely behind with five awards. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Reel Awards of 2001 2001 in American cinema 2001 awards in the United States Black Reel Awards 2000 film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Pimp
''American Pimp'' is a 1999 documentary that examines the pimp subculture in the United States. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers, the filmmakers behind ''Menace II Society'' and ''Dead Presidents''. The documentary consists of first person interviews of people involved in the pimping lifestyle ("the game"). The interviews are separated by short clips from 1970s blaxploitation films such as ''Willie Dynamite'', ''The Mack'', and ''Dolemite''. The first portion of the documentary focuses on pimps working illegally. The illegal pimps that are interviewed are from all over the United States, e.g., Charm from Hawaii, Fillmore Slim from San Francisco, and Payroll from Las Vegas. These pimps, and many others discuss their theories on the history of prostitution. The pimps go on to talk about their philosophy on pimping, and how they live their daily life. The film also discusses the legal sector of prostitution. Dennis Hof, the owner of the Bunny Ranch in Nevada, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough with her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in the biopic ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), which garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in numerous acclaimed and successful films, including as Betty Shabazz in both ''Malcolm X'' (1992) and ''Panther'' (1995), as Katherine Jackson in '' The Jacksons: An American Dream'' (1992), as Voletta Wallace in '' Notorious'' (2009), as Amanda Waller in ''Green Lantern'' (2011), and as Coretta Scott King in ''Betty & Coretta'' (2013). Her other notable film roles include Bernandine Harris in ''Waiting to Exhale'' (1995), Rachel Constantine in ''Contact'' (1997), Stella Payne in ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' (1998), Janet Williams in ''Music of the Heart'' (1999), Lynne Jacobs in '' Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013) and ''London Has Fallen'' (2016), and Queen Ramonda in '' Black Panther'' (2018), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanaa Lathan
Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. Her career began after she appeared in the shows In the House (TV series), ''In the House'', ''Family Matters'', ''NYPD Blue'', and ''Moesha''. Lathan later garnered further prominence after starring in the 1998 superhero film ''Blade (1998 film), Blade''; which followed with film roles in ''The Best Man (1999 film), The Best Man'' (1999), ''Love & Basketball'' (2000), ''Disappearing Acts'' (2000), and ''Brown Sugar (2002 film), Brown Sugar'' (2002). In 2004, Lathan's performance in the Broadway theatre, Broadway revival of ''A Raisin in the Sun'', earned her a nomination at the Tony Award, Tony Awards for Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Best Featured Actress in a Play. Following this, she played the role of List of Alien vs. Predator characters, Alexa "Lex" Woods in the movie ''Alien vs. Predator (film), Alien vs. Predat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel L
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the third highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in ''Mother Courage and her Children'' in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in '' A Soldier's Story'' Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's ''The Piano Lesson'' in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include ''Coming to Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba Gooding Jr
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), he appeared in ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''The Tuskegee Airmen'' (1995), ''Outbreak'' (1995), and ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He gained later fame for his roles in ''Men of Honor'' (2000) as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's World War II epic ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001) as Doris Miller. His other films include ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997), '' What Dreams May Come'' (1998), ''Rat Race'' (2001), ''The Fighting Temptations ''(2003), '' American Gangster'' (2007), ''Gifted Hands ''(2009), ''Lee Daniels' The Butler'' (2013), and ''Selma'' (2014) as civil rights attorney Fred Gray. He also provided the voice of Buck the Horse in the animated feature film ''Home on the Range'' (2004). In 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurse Betty
''Nurse Betty'' is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as the title character, a small town, Kansas housewife-waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character (Greg Kinnear), while in a fugue state. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. For her performance, Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The film was also a commercial success. Plot In the small Kansas town of Fair Oaks, diner waitress Betty Sizemore is a fan of the soap opera ''A Reason to Love''. She has no idea that her husband Del, a car salesman, is having a sexual affair with another woman. She also doesn't know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series ''The Electric Company.'' Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays ''Coriolanus'' and ''Julius Caesar'', the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in '' Street Smart'' (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in '' Glory'' (1989), the biographical d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Epps
Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He has been awarded nine NAACP Image Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one MTV Movie Award, one Black Reel Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award. Epps's film roles include ''Juice'', ''Higher Learning'', ''The Wood'', '' In Too Deep'', and ''Love & Basketball''. His television work includes the role of Dr. Dennis Gant on the medical drama series '' ER'', J. Martin Bellamy in ''Resurrection'', Dr. Eric Foreman on the Fox medical drama series ''House'' from 2004 to 2012, and Isaac Johnson in the TV series ''Shooter'' from 2016 to 2018. Early life Omar Epps was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents divorced during his childhood and he was raised by his mother, Bonnie Maria Epps, an elementary school principal. He lived in several Brooklyn neighborhoods while growing up ( Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York, and East Flatbush). Before he started acting, he belonged to a rap group called Wolfpack, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom". Throughout his career spanning over four decades, Washington has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two Silver Bears. In 2016, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2020, ''The New York Times'' named him the greatest actor of the 21st century. In 2022, Washington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom bestowed upon him by President Joe Biden. Washington started his acting career in theatre, acting in performances off-Broadway, including William Shakespeare's ''Coriolanus'' in 1979. He first came to prominence in the medical drama '' St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988). Washington's early film roles included Norman Jewison's '' A Soldier's Story'' (1984) and Richard Attenborough's ''Cry Freedom'' (1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Reel Award For Best Actress
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture. Quvenzhané Wallis is currently the youngest winner in this category. Academy Award-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Quvenzhané Wallis (''Beasts of the Southern Wild''), Viola Davis (''The Help''), Gabourey Sidibe ('' Precious''), Sophie Okonedo (''Hotel Rwanda'') and Halle Berry ('' Monster's Ball''). Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. :† indicates an Academy Award–winning performance. :‡ indicates an Academy Award–nominated performance that same year. 2000s 2010s Multiple nominations and wins Multiple wins ; 2 Wins * Viola Davis * Sanaa Lathan Multiple nominations ; 5 Nominations * Viola Davis * Sanaa Lathan ; 4 Nominations * Halle Berry * Rosario Dawson * Queen Latifah ; 3 Nominations * Angela Bassett * Kimberly Elise * Nia Long * Thandiwe Newton * Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Reel Award For Best Actor
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. As of 2016, Denzel Washington has the most wins with 4 and nominations with 10. Chiwetel Ejiofor is also a multiple winner in this category with 2 wins. Both Bernie Mac and Jamie Foxx were the only recipients of the Outstanding Actor awards in Musical/Comedy and Drama. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. :† indicates an Academy Award–winning performance. :‡ indicates an Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...–nominated performance that same year. 2000s 2010s References {{Black Reel Awards Black Reel Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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