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Michael Starrbury
Michael Starrbury is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on the film '' The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete'', and the television series '' Legends of Chamberlain Heights'', '' When They See Us'', and ''Colin in Black & White''. Career In 2009, Starrbury served as a panelist for .EDU Film Festival. In July 2013, he wrote the Lionsgate film '' The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete''. By May 2015, he scripted the Comedy Central series '' Legends of Chamberlain Heights''. In July 2018, he was writing the series '' When They See Us'', the first in three projects for Netflix. In August 2021, the second Netflix collaboration occurred when they hired Starrbury to write the screenplay for ''Colin in Black & White''. In December 2021, the third Netflix project was revealed when Starrbury was hired to script their film adaptation of David F. Walker's comic, ''The Hated''. In November 2022, ''Deadline Hollywood'' reported that Starrbury would be collaborating w ...
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The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete
''The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete'' is a 2013 American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. and written by Michael Starrbury. The film stars Anthony Mackie, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks and Jeffrey Wright. It is a coming-of-age story about two inner-city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities. Skylan Brooks and Ethan Dizon star in the title roles as Mister and Pete, respectively. Plot During a sweltering summer in New York City, 13-year-old Mister's (Skylan Brooks) hard-living mother (Hudson) is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and nine-year-old Pete (Dizon) alone to forage for food while dodging police and various hostile residents while awaiting a child actor casting call. Faced with more than any child can be expected to bear, the resourceful Mister nevertheless feels he is an unstoppable force against seemingly immovable obstacles. But what really k ...
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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. ''Fruitvale Station'', ''The Butler'' and ''12 Years a Slave'' lead the film nominees with 9 nominations apiece. ''Pastor Brown'', '' The Watsons Go to Birmingham'' and ''Being Mary Jane'' lead the television nominees with 6 nominations. This year saw the Breakthrough Performance category split between genders bringing this years total categories to 26. ''12 Years a Slave'' made Black Reel Awards history by winning 8 awards including Outstanding Motion Picture. Multiple winning films included: '' Captain Phillips'' and ''20 Feet from Stardom''. On the television side, ''Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'' and ''Being Mary Jane'' tied for the most wins with two. Multiple winners included: Steve McQueen, Lupita Nyong'o, Barkhad Abdi and Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor ( ; born 10 July ...
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Black Reel Awards Of 2022
The 22nd Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best 2021 in film, films of 2021, took place on February 28, 2022, and streamed on blackreelawards.com at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 24 categories. The film nominations were announced on December 16, 2021. ''The Harder They Fall (2021 film), The Harder They Fall'' led the nominations with twenty and broke the record of most film nominations; this record was previously held by ''Black Panther (film), Black Panther'' (2018), which received seventeen nominations and a record-breaking ten wins in Black Reel Awards of 2019, 2019. The film went on to win a total of six awards, the most wins by any film; ''King Richard (film), King Richard'' and ''Passing (film), Passing'' tied for second place with three wins each, with the former ...
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51st NAACP Image Awards
The 51st NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2019 calendar year. The ceremony took place on February 22, 2020, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and was broadcast for the first time on BET - as well as simulcast on several of its sister ViacomCBS networks, moving to the former after broadcasts on TV One in previous years. During the ceremony Rihanna was awarded with the President's Award for "her fundraising efforts with various charities, disaster relief and education abroad—efforts", and John Lewis was awarded with the Chairman's Award "in recognition of his lifelong dedication of protecting human rights and securing civil liberties". All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold. Special Awards Motion Picture Television Recording Outstanding New Artist * Lil Nas X ** Ari Lennox ** Lucky Daye ** M ...
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NAACP Image Awards
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the over 40 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization's members (in this case, NAACP members). Honorary awards (similar to the Academy Honorary Award) have also been included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, the Entertainer of the Year, and the Hall of Fame Award. History The award ceremony was first organized and presented on August 13, 1967, by activists Maggie Hathaway, Sammy Davis Jr. and Willis Edwards, all three of whom were leaders of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP branch. While it was first taped for television by NBC (which broadcast the awards from 1987 to 1994 in January, on weeks when ''Saturday Night Live'' wasn't airing a ...
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Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of Paulist Productions Paulist Productions is a Catholic film production company founded in 1960 by the Paulist priest Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser. The Paulists describe the company as a "creator of films and television programs that uncover God’s presence in the ...—but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious cinema or TV. The prize is distinguished from similar honors for screenwriters in that a large cash award, between $10,000, accompanies each prize. Journalist Barbara Walters once said, "What the Nobel Prize is to literature and the Pulitzer Prize is to journalism, the Humanitas Prize has become for American television."John L. Allen, Jr.Three careers illustrate the fallacy of media-bashing ''National Catho ...
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African-American Film Critics Association
The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) is the world's largest group of Black film critics that gives various annual awards for excellence in film and television. It was founded in 2003 in New York City. History The association was founded in 2003 by Gil L. Robertson IV and Shawn Edwards. They met in New York City after a press junket, and were both concerned with the lack of themed stories in the film industry from the African Diaspora. In several weeks, the two of them were supported by other colleagues in their plan to create an association of black film critics. They drafted the initial outline for the association while in Los Angeles. In December 2003, the African-American Film Critics Association officially announced the start of its organization, and released its first "Top Ten List." In 2019, the association began giving awards to television shows in the spring. AAFCA also joined with the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), GALECA: The Society ...
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Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization founded in 1946, the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television. History Syd Cassyd considered television a tool for education and envisioned an organization that would act outside the "flash and glamor" of the industry and become an outlet for "serious discussion" and award the industry's "finest achievements". Envisioning a television counterpart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cassyd founded the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1946 in conjunction with leaders of the early television industry who had gathered at a meeting he organized. Cassyd's academy in Los Angeles merged with a New York academy founded by Ed Sulli ...
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Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie, Or Dramatic Special
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Winners and nominations 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Total awards by network * HBO/HBO Max – 18 * CBS – 13 * ABC – 9 * PBS – 8 * NBC – 7 * Netflix – 2 * BBC America – 1 * FX – 1 * TNT - 1 Individuals with multiple awards ;2 awards * Jane Anderson * Charlie Brooker * James Costigan * Andrew Davies * William Hanley * Abby Mann * Tracy Keenan Wynn Individuals with multiple nominations ;5 nominations * Jane Anderson * William Hanley * Hugh Whitemore ;4 nominations * Andrew Davies ;3 nominations * James Costigan * Larry Gelbart * Noah Hawley * Ron Hutchinson * Fay Kanin * Ernest Kinoy * Richard Levinson * William Link * Abby Mann * Stephen Merchant * Steven Moffat * Ryan Murphy * David W. Rintels * David Simon * Danny Strong * Tracy Keenan Wynn ;2 nominations * Barry Beckerman * ...
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71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2018, until May 31, 2019, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented across two ceremonies on September 14 and 15, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. FXX broadcast an abbreviated telecast of the ceremonies on September 21, leading into the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2018, until May 31, 2019, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on September 22, 2019, at the Mi ... on September 22. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2018–2019 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awa ...
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Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First given out in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the " Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards generally air every September, on th ...
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Black Reel Awards Of 2019
The 19th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2018, took place on February 7, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. PST). During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 23 categories. Black Panther (film) lead the nominations with a record-breaking 18 nominations followed by If Beale Street Could Talk and BlacKkKlansman with 14 and 11 nominations respectively. This marks the first year that Outstanding achievements in Costume Design, Cinematography and Production Design were recognized by the voting academy. The 3rd Annual Black Reel Awards for Television was presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best in television from June 1, 2018 - May 31, 2019, took place on August 1, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. PST). When They See Us lead the nominations with a record- ...
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