Sentences with phrase «black performers»

A surprisingly large number of black performers helped pave the way with Oscar - winning and - nominated performances from McDaniel through Diahann Carroll, who earned her lead actress nomination in the 1974 comedy «Claudine.»

Like most black performers working in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, Harris was generally limited to servant roles.

If Mr. Lee meant to bring back blackface entertainment as a metaphor for the current black performers he finds obnoxious, he has miscalculated.

Firmly established as a Broadway leading man in the early 1960, Lockhart found that worthwhile opportunities for black performers were severely limited in Hollywood; as a result, he moved to England, where he appeared with regularity in BBC television productions and in such films as A Dandy in Aspic (1966) and Joanna (1968).

And in a twist on the sorts of freewheeling montages in which Billy Crystal once specialised, a droll film montage showed what various Oscar hopefuls might have looked like with black performers added to the mix.

This feature chronicles a young Philadelphia lesbian named Cheryl (Cheyl Dunye) in the midst of researching a film project about a bygone black performer known as the Watermelon Woman.

Washington — who this year lost in the best actor category to Manchester by the Sea «s Casey Affleck — previously made Oscars history in 2002, when he and Halle Berry became the first black performers to win both of the Academy's lead acting awards on the same evening.

Several black performers nominated or scheduled to present had said they would not appear unless the ceremony was held after King's funeral.

This year, the only two black performers poised to be honored with nominations are those who play maids, a fact that's far more contemptible than anything Tate Taylor presents in The Help.

During the performance I read from the text of 1857 Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision while a group of 4 nude Black performers was guarded and controlled two live German Shepherd dogs, which dogs barked continually.

This has resulted in a disco space opera starring four queer black performers, partially inspired by Diahann Carroll's bizarre cameo in the Star Wars Holiday Special, which aired on CBS in 1978.

Jade explores the historical presence of Black people in the North and Transnational black performers such as Josephine Baker in work that «is redemptive and has a haunting beauty» (Alan Rice in the Times Higher).

demonstrated the talents of black performers and showed the artistic possibilities of stories focused on black life.

Hallelujah demonstrated the talents of black performers and showed the artistic possibilities of stories focused on black life.

In the modern superhero bubble, fans have yet to see a true blue standalone franchise - starter headlined by a black performer.

The three white leads — played by Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, and Bradley Whitford — are low - key icons of white liberalism, and a lot of the black performers are not nearly as well known.

Overlooked and stereotyped, black performers of the silent era today stand out for their talents