EXCLUSIVE: The Black Film Critics Circle has voted Eddie Murphy-starrer Dolemite Is My Name as its Best Film of 2019. Murphy also scooped Best Actor; while Lupita Nyong’o took Best Actress fo…
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. And for the first time in the organization’s nine-year history, there was a tie for Best Director between Kasi Lemmons forRecognizing achievements in theatrical motion pictures, the BFCC awarded prizes in 13 categories including Best Picture, director, original and adapted screenplay, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress, animated feature, independent film, documentary feature, foreign film and ensemble. Special Signature awards are also given to industry pioneers and rising stars.
Says Mike Sargent of the BFCC, “This year has cemented the reality that we are in a ‘Renaissance of Black film’. The unprecedented amount of diversity of films that feature primarily people of color in lead roles, and the amount of films created by filmmakers of color is astounding. We are truly in a time that can only be described as the Black Film Renaissance in every sense of the term.
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