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Black Reel Award For Outstanding Breakthrough Screenwriter
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award 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 Afr ... for Outstanding First Screenplay. The award is given to the writers for their first screenplay debut. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s References {{Black Reel Awards Breakthrough Screenwriter Screenwriting awards for film Awards established in 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe (born May 17, 1984) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is the creator of the Showtime drama series ''The Chi'' (2018–present) and the BET comedy series ''Boomerang'' (2019–20) and '' Twenties'' (2020–present). She also wrote and produced the crime film ''Queen & Slim'' (2020) and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series ''Them'' (2021–present). Waithe gained recognition for her role in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Master of None'' (2015–present) and became the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for writing the show's "Thanksgiving" episode, which was loosely based on her personal experience of coming out to her mother. She has also appeared in Steven Spielberg's 2018 adventure film ''Ready Player One'' and the HBO series ''Westworld''. Waithe was included in ''Time'' magazine's ''100 Most Influential People of 2018'' and on Fast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Sands (2017 Film)
''Burning Sands'' is a 2017 American drama film, directed by Gerard McMurray, from a screenplay by McMurray and Christine Berg. It stars Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton and Trevante Rhodes. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2017, before being released on March 10, 2017, by Netflix. Plot Five young men pledge Lambda Lambda Phi Fraternity at the historically Black institution, Frederick Douglass University. Student Zurich leads the pledge class as they endure big brother hazing on campus and at line ups at fraternity house. The pledges balance their time in class with English professor Hughes and their new fraternity life of parties, sorority girls and dating. The pledge class learns the brotherhood mottos and bonds together because of or despite moral and physical hazing. Dean Richardson, a Lambda Phi alumnus, holds himself out as an example of the fraternity system and extols its virtues. He m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Youmans
Phillip Youmans (born February 18, 2000) is an American filmmaker. He is the first African-American director to win the Founders Prize at Tribeca Film Festival, which he received for his 2019 directorial debut, '' Burning Cane''. Early life and education Youmans was born and raised in New Orleans. He first became interested in film-making when he was 13. Youmans attended two high schools through a dual enrollment program: Benjamin Franklin High School and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He completed his freshman year at New York University in May 2019. In October 2019 he stated he may drop out of the program to focus on his career. Career Youmans wrote, shot, directed and edited his first feature-length film, '' Burning Cane,'' as a senior in high school, when he was 17. The film grew from a short film that Youmans wrote called ''The Glory''. It tells the story of a woman (played by Karen Kaia Livers) in rural Louisiana and her relationships with her alcoholic son and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
''The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'' is a 2019 British drama film written, directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on the memoir of the same name by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. It was screened in the Premieres section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and began streaming in most territories on Netflix on 1 March 2019. It was selected as the British entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It received widely positive reviews with praise going to Ejiofor's direction and the acting. Plot Born in Kasungu, Malawi, William Kamkwamba is a young schoolboy who comes from a family of farmers who live in the nearby village of Wimbe. William has a talent for fixing radios for his friends and neighbours and spends his free time looking through the local junkyard for salvageable electronic components. Although he is soon banned from attending school due to his pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor ( ; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film '' Amistad'' (1997) as James Covey. Ejiofor portrayed the characters Okwe in '' Dirty Pretty Things'' (2002), Lola in '' Kinky Boots'', Victor Sweet in '' Four Brothers'', The Operative in '' Serenity'' (all 2005), Luke in '' Children of Men'' (2006), Thabo Mbeki in ''Endgame'', Adrian Helmsley in Roland Emmerich's ''2012'' (both 2009), Darryl Peabody in ''Salt'' (2010), Solomon Northup in '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013), Vincent Kapoor in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen & Slim
''Queen & Slim'' is a 2019 American romantic road crime drama film directed by Melina Matsoukas (in her feature directorial debut) and with a screenplay by Lena Waithe from a story by James Frey and Waithe. The film's story centers on a young couple (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith) who go on the run after killing a police officer in the heat of an argument as self-defense during a traffic stop. Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny, Flea, Sturgill Simpson and Indya Moore also star. ''Queen & Slim'' had its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 14, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 27, 2019, by Universal Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Kaluuya and Turner-Smith's lead performances, Matsoukas' direction and its overall theme and message. It grossed $47 million on a $20 million budget. Plot In 2019, after a client of hers is executed by the state, “Queen”, a black criminal defense attorney, has an awkw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Reel Awards Of 2020
The 20th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2019, took place on February 6, 2020. During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 23 categories. The nominations were announced on December 11, 2019. ''Queen & Slim'' earned a leading fourteen nominations, followed by '' Us'' and ''Dolemite Is My Name'' with eleven and ten nominations, respectively. The 4th Annual Black Reel Awards for Television was presented on August 6, 2020. The nominations were announced on June 18, 2020. HBO's Watchmen ''Watchmen'' is an American comic book maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-vo ... & Insecure lead the nominees with 10 each. Watchmen became the biggest winner, earning 5 BRATs including Outstand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxanne Roxanne
''Roxanne Roxanne'' is a 2017 American musical drama film written and directed by Michael Larnell. It stars Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips and Shenell Edmonds. The film revolves around the life of rapper Roxanne Shante. It was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Cast * Chanté Adams as Roxanne Shante ** Taliyah Whitaker as young Roxanne * Mahershala Ali as Cross * Nia Long as Peggy * Elvis Nolasco as Ray * Kevin Phillips as Marley Marl * Shenell Edmonds as Ranita * Arnstar as MC Shan * Nigel A. Fullerton as Biz Markie * Tremaine Brown Jr. as Nasir * Cheryse Dyllan as Sparky Dee * Charlie Hudson III as Mr. Magic * Cindy Cheung as Nurse Mitchell * Sean Ringgold as Keith * Nelsan Ellis as Mr. Lester Release In January 2017, Neon acquired distribution rights to the film. However, in December 2017, it was revealed that Netflix had won worldwide rights to the film. Critical reception On re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsters And Men
''Monsters and Men'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. It was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It was released on September 28, 2018, by Neon. Although not explicitly stated, the plot shows a similarity with the killing of Eric Garner incident, by which the film was inspired. Plot The film is told in three intertwined stories of three principle characters: Manny, Dennis and Zyrick. The film begins with Dennis Williams being pulled over by police but let go because he is a cop himself. The story switches to Manny Ortega trying to apply for a job, but hesitates on the convicted felon section of the application. Manny lives with his family including wife Marisol, mother and daughter. Manny goes out to hang out with some of his friends when a cop rolls up near their dice game. In an incident very similar to Eric Garner's death, six police officers attempt to arrest Darius Larson, a frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blindspotting
''Blindspotting'' is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written by, produced by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. Carlos López Estrada directs while Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Wayne Knight also star. The plot follows a parolee with three days left on his sentence, only to have him witness a police shooting that threatens to ruin a lifelong friendship. Casal and Diggs, childhood friends in real-life, wrote the screenplay in the mid-2000s, initially to speak for the city of Oakland, which they felt was often misrepresented in film. After years of delays, the pair's schedules finally allowed them to make the film, with principal photography beginning in June 2017. ''Blindspotting'' had its world premiere on January 18, 2018 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on July 20, 2018, by Lionsgate. The film received positive reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and in 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical ''Hamilton'', for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of ''Hamilton'', he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Since leaving ''Hamilton'', he played a recurring role in the television series ''Black-ish'' (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films ''Wonder'' (2017) and ''Velvet Buzzsaw'' (2019). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film ''Blindspotting'', which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series of the same name, in which he also reprised his role as a guest. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorry To Bother You
''Sorry to Bother You'' is a 2018 American surrealist black comedy film written and directed by Boots Riley, in his directorial debut. It stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and Armie Hammer. The film follows a young black telemarketer who adopts a white accent to succeed at his job. Swept into a corporate conspiracy, he must choose between profit and joining his activist friends to organize labor. Principal photography began in June 2017 in Oakland, California. ''Sorry to Bother You'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 6, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures through Mirror Releasing. The film received critical acclaim for its cast, concept, and soundtrack, as well as Riley's screenplay and direction. Plot Cassius "Cash" Green lives in his uncle Sergio's garage with his girlfriend, Detroit, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
