Episode 88 | Celebration of Black Cinema-Kasi Lemmons
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January 4th 2020
On Monday December 2nd 2019
Terry attended the first ever Celebration of Black Cinema Awards in Beverly Hills, California.
Honoured were
Eddie Murphy –Career Achievement Award
Nia Long – (Boyz in the Hood)
Chiwetel Ejoifor – (12 Years a slave/Lion King)
And our special Guest Kasi Lemmons
For three decades Kasi has been an award winning director, writer, actress and educator.
She directed her latest film Harriet to great acclaim. It’s the story of iconic American heroine and civil rights pioneer Harriet Tubman.
The second guest is a friend, Shawn Edwards. BFCA film critic who helped to bring the awards to reality and hopes to become a filmmaker himself.