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‘American Fiction’ director Cord Jefferson highlights the importance of diverse Black experiences after winning an Oscar
“American Fiction” director Cord Jefferson shared more about the importance of telling diverse Black stories after winning his first Oscar at the 2024 Academy Awards.
The writer-director, who won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for “American Fiction,” spoke to reporters backstage and emphasized that the Black community is “just as nuanced, complex and diverse as any other group of people.”
“Showing people you don’t normally get to see on the big screen is important to me,” Jefferson said of his film. “I feel it is vital to indicate diversity inside diversity. I mean, it’s like people assume that diversity means one thing and that there is one Black guy in the room that makes for a complete Black experience.
He continued: “It’s vital for me to understand that there isn’t a one Black one who encapsulates the entirety of the Black experience; of course you will have people in the projects; of course you had individuals who were slaves. But between the pole of being a slave, here you will have the pole of being president of the United States. It’s part of the Black experience on this country. You have hundreds of thousands of stories to inform between these two poles.
Jefferson wrote and directed “American Fiction,” a black comedy a few black author (Jeffrey Wright) who decides to jot down a stereotypically black novel after becoming irritated by the racist systems and stereotypes which were imposed on him. Along the way, he strengthens his relationship along with his family, including his brother (Sterling K. Brown), and redefines what blackness and black success mean to him.
Jefferson’s Oscar win was the only Oscar of the night for “American Fiction,” based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure.” The film was nominated for five awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jeffrey Wright, Best Supporting Actor for Sterling K. Brown, and Best Original Score.
Wright lost to Cillian Murphy, who won for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in “Oppenheimer,” while Brown lost to Robert Downey Jr., who won the Oscar for his role in “Oppenheimer.” During his acceptance speech, Jefferson thanked Wright and Brown, in addition to the rest of the forged of “American Fiction.”
“Thank you to everyone who worked on this film for trusting a 40-year-old black guy who had never directed anything before,” Jefferson said. “It modified my life. I really like you all. Thank you very much.”
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In his latest film “Dulacity” Tyler Perry delves into a posh area – confronting controversial problems, testing the bonds of friendship and revealing hidden motifs. Known for his emotional history, Perry takes the audience on a journey, which just isn’t only exciting, but in addition socially resonant.
“Observing people thrilling the narrative of these movements … You will find that one or the other is happening something like a wicked thing” Perry explains. “Instead, understanding here is a problem that should be solved.” With a confrontation with the real danger of polarization and avoidance, emphasizing: “If we still run on both sides and we can’t deal with it, it will happen.”
Stories of Perry has long been rooted in powerful emotional arches, especially those focused on women. “My mother and my aunt raised me and I watched them go through different things,” he says. “The scope of emotions that a woman expresses and can freely express is very, very powerful.” He believes that he “releases” discovering these emotional depth in his letter. However, he admits: “People are more difficult for me because of limiting emotions.”
The drama in “Dulite” doesn’t simply develop through emotions, but in addition by tension and treason. “It’s about some friends who you think really care about themselves, but everyone seems to be for themselves,” reveals Perry. “There are betrayals that can be quite shocking.” But ultimately these twists are intended: “This is a lot of what my audience wants to see.”
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Denzel Washington’s “Great Evening” in Cannes, which included an unexpected honor and standing ovation, began with a heated exchange on a red carpet.
On Monday, May 19, on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie Neo-Niir from Spike Lee “Highest 2 lowest”, through which Washington and $ AP Rocky perform, Washington talked to Lee when a member of paparazzi caught his arm.
Based on Material from this incident When making rounds on the web, the 70-year-old actor turns and warns the man to “stop”. When Washington turned to return to posing along with his Rocky star, the man did it again. This time Washington’s answer is rather more intense.
However, despite the hot exchange, Washington’s representative said People magazine“It was a great evening.”
A moment later, proving how happiness can change in ten centuries, Washington received the unexpected honorary Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest honor and standing ovation during acceptance.
“It’s a total surprise for me, so I’m a bit emotional, but I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart” Washington said. “It was a great opportunity to work again with my brother – brother from another mother, Spike.”
He continued: “You know, we are simply blessed beyond measure, I am blessed beyond measure, until my heart thank everyone. Thank you.”
Before the premiere of the red carpet, Washington joined Rocky and Lee to take a photo Since then, this has turn into popular due to the contagious show of joy. Three men, with wide smiles and coordinating white and black bands-in a white suit competing with Ton Montana, Washington in a black T-shirt and dark rinsing, and Lee in a white shirt and creamy pants-a series of funny shots. In a few shots, Rocky is inside older men, and in other shots all three are having fun with silly poses and faces.
“The highest 2 lowest”, reinterpretation of the Japanese thriller of the crime Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, set in modern New York, means the fifth cooperation of Washington and Lee. The film has a buzzing forged, including Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce, Ice Spice of their film debut and more. “The highest 2 lowest” is to be released in cinemas on August 22 and will probably be available for streaming on Apple TV+ from September 5.
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Denzel Washington he noted a visit to the air trumpet to Film Festival in Cannes Between Broadway performances for the premiere of the “top 2 lowest” Spike Lee on Monday.
Cannes overturned a few of the plans to accommodate Speedy France Trip in Washington, which took place his lonely day while performing “Othello” in New York. “The highest 2 lowest” premiered on Monday evening in Cannes. And although the festival’s photographic phones often occur the next day, Cannes hosted one for the “highest 2 lowest” earlier Monday.
Washington, jokingly posing to Lee and the star A $ AP RockyHe showed no signs of the jet after arriving on Monday. Washington is predicted back to New York immediately after the show.
The indisputable fact that Washington would find a way to travel was some extent stuck for Cannes. When the festival was the first announced his composition last month“The highest 2 lowest” has not been announced. However, inside a number of hours Lee himself announced that the film was heading to Cannes. Festival representatives said they were waiting for confirmation that Washington was attending a walk on the red carpet.
“The highest 2 lowest”, remake of the film Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, will be released in cinemas by A24 on August 22 before the broadcast on Apple TV+ 5 September.
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