Fantasia Initially Declined ‘The Color Purple’ Movie Role to Avoid Reliving Past Trauma
“I’m grateful that I did not allow those voices in my head to hold me back.”
“I’m grateful that I did not allow those voices in my head to hold me back.”
“It is hard to overstate Bayard Rustin’s influence,” Obama told the HBCU First Look Film Festival.
The one-time-only Black, Latino and AAPI combination awards will take place in December.
The Netflix film will mark Washington and Fuqua’s sixth project together.
The documentary premiered at this year’s Telluride Film Festival.
The superhero saga stars Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani.
“It’s really important to know when we’ve won,” Perry said.
The indigenous coming-of-age drama arrives in theaters Nov. 24, for Native American Heritage Day.
Vincent D’Onofrio and Gugu Mbatha-Raw also star in the Netflix action film.
The festival kicks off this month at Howard University in Washington, D.C.