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''Our America'' is a film based on the book ''Our America: Life And Death on the South Side of Chicago''.Harvey, Denni ''Variety'', Jan. 16, 2002, retrieved 2008-07-10 It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on American television later that year. Cast * Josh Charles as Dave Isay * Brandon Hammond as Lloyd "Boo" Newman * Serena Lee as Janelle Jones * Roderick Pannell as LeAlan Jones * Irma P. Hall as June Jones * Peter Paige as Gary Covino * Vanessa Williams as Sandra Williams * Mykelti Williamson as Graham Ellis * Rukiya Bernard as Sophie Newman * Mark Taylor as Duane * K. C. Collins as James * Neil Crone as Paxton Wade * Jordan Duncan as Eric Morris * Jordan Francis as Derrick Morris * Maxine Guess as Mrs. Shaw * Gene Mack as Stick Newman * Daniel Anthony Farris as Elvin Award Daytime Emmy Awards * 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disinteg ...
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LeAlan Jones
LeAlan Marvin Jones (born May 8, 1979) is an American journalist who lives in Chicago's South Shore. His radio documentaries have received critical acclaim and numerous awards. Jones was the Green Party's 2010 nominee for United States Senate from Illinois. Early life Jones grew up on the South Side of Chicago, a block from the Ida B. Wells housing project. He was raised by his grandparents, Gus and June Jones, in the same house his family had lived in since the 1930s. He was a junior spokesperson for the No Dope Express Foundation, a youth education and anti-drug organization. At the age of 13, Jones and his friend Lloyd Newman created a radio documentary for NPR titled '' Ghetto Life 101''. Jones was contacted by David Isay, who was producing a piece on poverty for Chicago Public Radio station WBEZ. The documentary illustrated life in the South Side of Chicago in 1993. The recordings made by the duo centered around interviews with the boys' families, friends, and members of ...
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Mark Taylor (Canadian Actor)
Mark Taylor (born March 7, 1977 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. He was born and raised in Toronto, but relocated to Palm Harbor, Florida during his last two years of high school, before returning to Toronto. Taylor is predominantly known for his roles as Eugene Donovan in ''Seventeen Again'', Romeo in ''Student Bodies'', and Kwest in ''Instant Star''. He played the role of Lewis 'Lou' Young in the Canadian police drama television series '' Flashpoint'' until his character was killed in the 23rd episode (part of the second season). In addition, Taylor has studied computer engineering technology at Seneca College and graduated from Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute (Albert Campbell CI, ACCI or Campbell), initially intended to be known as Sir William Osler Collegiate Institute is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the former suburb of Scar .... Filmography Film Television Awards and n ...
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Hood Films
Hood film is a 1990s film genre originating in the United States, which features aspects of urban African American or Hispanic American culture. John Singleton, Mario Van Peebles, F. Gary Gray, Hughes Brothers, and Spike Lee are all directors who have created work typically classified as part of this genre. The genre has been identified as a sub-genre of the gangster film genre. The genre has since spread outside the US, to places such as the UK and Canada. Hood films have been variously described under a wide-array of names by critics, such as 'street-gang', 'ghetto-centric', 'action-crime-adventure', 'gangsta rap films', 'black action films', 'new black realism', 'new jack cinema', and 'black urban cinema'. Spike Lee disparagingly referred to the genre as 'hiphop, urban drama, ghetto film'. Criteria Characteristics include hip hop music (including gangsta rap), street gangs, racial discrimination, organized crime/gangster, gang affiliation scenes, drug use and traffickin ...
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Films Directed By Ernest Dickerson
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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Films Based On Non-fiction Books
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was ...
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30th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 30th Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2002, was held on May 16, 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Hosted by Wayne Brady, it was televised in the United States by ABC. Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented on May 10, 2003. Nominations and winners The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold: Outstanding Drama Series *''As the World Turns'' *''The Bold and the Beautiful'' *''Port Charles'' *''The Young and the Restless'' Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series * Grant Aleksander ( Phillip Spaulding, '' Guiding Light'') *Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, '' General Hospital'') *Doug Davidson ( Paul Williams, ''The Young and the Restless'') * Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, ''General Hospital'') *Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro, ''Guiding Light'') *Thorsten Kaye (Ian Thornhart, ''Port Charles'') Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series *Eileen Davidson ( Ashley Abbott Carlton, ''The ...
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Daytime Emmy Awards
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Daytime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1974, expanding what was originally a prime time-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June. History The first Emmy Award ceremony took place on January 25, 1949. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1972, when '' The Doctors'' and ''General Hospital'' were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. That year, ''The Doctors'' won the first Best Show Daytime Emmy. In addition, the award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in a Daytime Drama was given to Mary Fickett from ''All My Children''. A p ...
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Gene Mack
Gene Mack (born February 25, 1949) is a Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ... player who played professionally for the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. References 1949 births Living people Toronto Argonauts players {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub ...
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Jordan Francis
Jordan Francis is a Canadian rapper and actor. Career He got his first acting role at the age of seven and he recorded his first song when he was eleven years old. He later switched to live theatre and he appeared as Young Simba in the Mirvish Productions' ''The Lion King'' at the Princess of Wales Theatre The Princess of Wales Theatre is a 2,000-seat live theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on King Street West, in Toronto's downtown Entertainment District. The theatre's name has a triple meaning: it honours Diana, Princess of Wales, .... In 2008 he got a role in the Disney production ''Camp Rock'', and that same year his song ''Hasta Lavista'' was number 43 on Billboard music charts. In 2010 he appeared in the debut of the series called ''Connor Undercover'' as the hero’s sidekick. In 2012 he did a Canadian cross country tour for the CBC Television and interactive series ''Cross Country Fun Hunt''. Filmography Film Television Tours *2010: ' ...
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