Sentences with phrase «black director in»

Ryan Coogler becomes the first black director in the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to «Black Panther.»

It has a black director in Ryan «Creed» Coogler; black screenwriters in Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, and an almost entirely black cast.

Not exact matches

As they walked, the two of them — Ibex's director and chief data scientist — were on the phone with a client and in passing mentioned rare, so - called black - swan events.

Being able to study things like black hole mergers through gravity will shed light on some of the «darkest yet most energetic events in our universe,» said Albert Lazzarini, deputy director of the LIGO Laboratory, in an American Physical Society press release.

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

Naming her director was a part of Trump's strategy to win over the African American community in the U.S., especially after recent polls showed he had 0 % approval among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania — key states for the Republican nominee.

«What we hear often from companies is that people of color aren't applying,» says Mimi Fox Melton, director of community mobilization for Code2040, a nonprofit focused on developing black and Latinx leadership in tech.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the mBlack Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the mblack actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the mBlack Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

The director of «Men in Black II,» Barry Sonnenfeld, revealed that he wanted Jackson to be in the first «Men in Black» movie as an alien (alongside famous faces George Lucas and Danny Devito), but that Jackson refused.

She's a Black woman who saw White men in director roles and decided that anything they could do, she could do it too.

Here's a very partial list: tech icons (founders of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Craigslist, Pinterest, Spotify, Salesforce, Dropbox, and more), Jimmy Fallon, Arianna Huffington, Brandon Stanton (Humans of New York), Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ben Stiller, Maurice Ashley (first African - American Grandmaster of chess), Brené Brown (researcher and bestselling author), Rick Rubin (legendary music producer), Temple Grandin (animal behavior expert and autism activist), Franklin Leonard (The Black List), Dara Torres (12 - time Olympic medalist in swimming), David Lynch (director), Kelly Slater (surfing legend), Bozoma Saint John (Beats / Apple / Uber), Lewis Cantley (famed cancer researcher), Maria Sharapova, Chris Anderson (curator of TED), Terry Crews, Greg Norman (golf icon), Vitalik Buterin (creator of Ethereum), and nearly 100 more.

Set mostly in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the film boasts a director and primary star who are both African - American men (director Ryan Coogler and actor Chadwick Boseman), while the cast also features numerous other notable black stars, such as Oscar winners Lupita Nyong» o and Forest Whitaker as well as Angela Bassett and Michael B. Jordan.

Chris Lucas, Founder and Managing Director, formed Black Diamond Ventures to provide the individual investor the ability to invest alongside first - tier venture capital firms and institutional investors in privately - held companies.

Chelsea Galicia, a 33 - year - old nonprofit executive director in a black V - neck jumpsuit, likes the fact that SheEO might give her a chance to back socially responsible companies.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

Not long after the Civil War, John Wesley Work, an African American church choir director and scholar in Nashville, Tennessee, realized that the rising generation of black southerners might best understand the importance of spirituality by learning the songs their ancestors sang during the days of....

Jesse Jackson, director of Operation PUSH, estimates that of the approximately 400,000 persons being held in American jails and prisons, 300,000 are either black or brown.

«There is an increase now in house churches,» said Fry Brown, the director of black church studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

According to its apolitical Web site, Zeb «Brad» Long, a former missionary to Taiwan, became its executive director in 1990, and the group hopes to establish a permanent center in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

«It's definitely true that in many ways, white evangelicals and black Protestants or black evangelicals, or evangelicals from other racial and ethnic minorities have a lot in common,» the Pew Research Center's associate director, Greg Smith, told NPR for its exploration of the true number of evangelical voters.

Moonlight, which was adapted from the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue proves that with a compelling story, a visionary filmmaker (in this case, director Barry Jenkins) and talented cast, it's still possible to make movies that get recognition in modern HollywooIn Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue proves that with a compelling story, a visionary filmmaker (in this case, director Barry Jenkins) and talented cast, it's still possible to make movies that get recognition in modern Hollywooin this case, director Barry Jenkins) and talented cast, it's still possible to make movies that get recognition in modern Hollywooin modern Hollywood.

In late 1975, the executive director of New York's Congress of Italian - American Organizations charged that «white ethnics have been ignored in favor of Blacks and Hispanics» (Time, December 8, 1976In late 1975, the executive director of New York's Congress of Italian - American Organizations charged that «white ethnics have been ignored in favor of Blacks and Hispanics» (Time, December 8, 1976in favor of Blacks and Hispanics» (Time, December 8, 1976).

Prior to joining Silverton Casino at the end of 2016, Ball served as the vice president of food and beverage for Westgate Las Vegas Resort and the Riviera Hotel Casino, and was the director of food and beverage at Valley View Casino & Hotel near San Diego and the Ameristar Black Hawk in Colorado.

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

Andrew Young, the executive director of Australian grain trader Plum Grove, said supply from the Black Sea was landing in traditional markets at $ US40 a tonne cheaper than Australian wheat of similar protein content.

To support the launch of the new Black Pepper Cheeseburger, Jack in the Box tapped director Vince Gilligan, creator of the hit TV show Breaking Bad and co-creator of its spin - off series Better Call Saul.

The two men who have the most daily contact with the players, director of operations Cleve Bryant and strength coach Jeff Madden, are black, and Brown points out that all 11 starters on the Texas defense last season were black; 1991 was the last year in which white starters outnumbered black starters on defense.

«The SubAir was designed to handle heavy rains like they had at Bethpage Black [in 2009],» said Mike Giuffre, Congressional's director of golf course maintenance.

British Athletics performance director Neil Black added: «We are fully supportive of Jo's wishes not to be considered for selection for the World Championships in Beijing.

«Beijing is a hugely important event to us, yet this is the first of three huge global competitions for us, with the Olympics in Rio next year and the home World championships in 2017,» said British Athletics performance director Neil Black.

Despite the disappointing loss, this was a great journey for the young Red and Blacks who played tonight in front of 4,478 fans at San Siro and the watchful gaze of the Club management: CEO Fassone, Sporting Director Mirabelli and coach Gattuso.

«Healthier meals are now the norm in Kentucky schools, and this poll shows that parents approve of these changes,» said Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a collaboration of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Against a black - and - white spell - out in the 9th June, 2017 letter by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, which ordered the Managing Director of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) to dole out some Ghc10.4 million to McDan, Mr. McKorley's claim that he has no supply contract with the Ghana Cocoa Board hangs out as the alternative fact.

«It is time that New York City enact a congestion pricing plan that fully funds our mass transit system, improves traffic flow, and fairly applies fees so that outer - borough black car riders aren't forced to pay more than Manhattan residents who can easily hail a cab,» said Ira Goldstein, the Black Car Fund's executive director, in a stateblack car riders aren't forced to pay more than Manhattan residents who can easily hail a cab,» said Ira Goldstein, the Black Car Fund's executive director, in a stateBlack Car Fund's executive director, in a statement.

This dropped to # 1million last year and the trust, whose chief executive Steve Melton is a former Argos supply chain director, expects to break even this year before moving into the black in 2015.

Black voters approve 5 - 1; Hispanic voters approve by 19 percentage points and white voters disapprove almost 2 - 1,» Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll said in a statement.

«Black voters matter for Secretary Hillary Clinton in the New York Democratic primary,» said Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll.

«Judged purely as a piece of political management, Osborne deserves plaudits, as does his deputy, Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury.But credit will also go to a less well - known figure — potentially the most powerful black woman in public life, Sharon White, the Treasury's director general of public spending.

Other candidates are Lorna Johnson, the honorary consul for Jamaica in Los Angeles; Latoia Jones, assistant director of human rights for the American Federation of Teachers and co-founder of Black & Engaged; Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party; and Adam Parkhomenko, co-founder of Ready for Hillary and was appointed by DNC Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile to serve as the DNC's national field director for the general election.

Leading a Congressional Black Caucus rally in Columbus, Ohio, Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks vented his distress over Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey's «unbelievable letter» yesterday regarding newfound emails related to the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private server, and darkly insinuated that the missive might have had political motivations.

Black voters still approve of de Blasio by a lot; white voters don't,» Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll said in a statement.

Sharpton also seemed to warn against supporting another black candidate in the race, Clyde Williams, a former political director for the Democratic National Committee.

The New York education sector has had its own controversy over race in the past week: Daniel Loeb, a political donor and chairman of the board of directors of Success Academy, the state's largest charter school network, said in a since - deleted Facebook post that state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, was worse for racial minorities than «anyone who has ever donned a hood,» because of her support of teachers» unions.

The trouble started in 2007, when a newly - promoted white executive director demanded that his second - in - command demote a black assistant supervisor.

Soccer News of Saturday, 19 May 2018 Source: footballghana.com Randy Abbey, Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Randy Abbey has descended heavily on the Ghana Football Association over the Black Stars inability to qualify for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Randy Abbey has descended heavily on the Ghana Football Association over the Black Stars inability to qualify for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia.

«That large of an increase will further devastate legitimate retail sales of cigarettes and only serve to create more widespread black market cigarette sales and crime in New York,» said Thomas Briant, executive director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets.

Simon Woolley, director of Operation Black Vote, which ran a high - profile campaign featuring prominent black British stars with white faces, welcomed the progress made but added: «Although this is encouraging and a positive development, it's simply not good enough in terms of composition of parliaBlack Vote, which ran a high - profile campaign featuring prominent black British stars with white faces, welcomed the progress made but added: «Although this is encouraging and a positive development, it's simply not good enough in terms of composition of parliablack British stars with white faces, welcomed the progress made but added: «Although this is encouraging and a positive development, it's simply not good enough in terms of composition of parliament.