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Brother To Brother (film)
''Brother to Brother'' is a 2004 film written and directed by Rodney Evans (filmmaker), Rodney Evans. The film debuted at the 2004 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded with the List of Sundance Film Festival award winners, Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature. It went on to play the gay and lesbian film festival circuit where it collected many top festival awards. ''Brother to Brother'' was given a limited theatrical release in November 2004. Plot Black art student Perry lives in the college dormitory at Columbia University after his homophobic parents kick him out of home when they discover he is gay. He is romantically pursued by another student, but his prospective boyfriend, who is white, says something he considers racist, so he ends the relationship. At a social loose end, Perry befriends an elderly, impoverished man named Richard Bruce Nugent, Bruce, whom he discovers was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Through recallin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Evans (filmmaker)
Rodney Evans (born 1971) is an American filmmaker and lecturer based in New York City. Evans was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in modern culture and media from Brown University in 1993, and a Master of Fine Arts in film production from the California Institute of the Arts in 1996. In 2004, he produced his first feature-length film, ''Brother to Brother (film), Brother to Brother'', telling the story of the challenges faced by a young gay black man who meets a survivor of the Harlem Renaissance. ''Brother to Brother'' was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Drama in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, as well as obtaining awards in numerous other film festivals such as Outfest, the Roxbury Film Festival and Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. In 2008 Evans was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Creative Capital Foundation Grant. In 2009, Evans produced a short documentary drama, ''Billy and Aaron'', about the experiences of ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his first novel '' The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life'' (1929), which explores discrimination based on skin tone within the black community, with lighter skin being more highly valued. Early life Thurman was born in Salt Lake City to Beulah and Oscar Thurman. When Thurman was less than a month old, his father abandoned his wife and son. It was not until Wallace was 30 years old that he met his father. Between his mother's many marriages, Wallace and his mother lived in Salt Lake City with Emma Jackson, also known as Ma Jack, his maternal grandmother. Jackson ran a saloon from her home, selling alcohol without a license. Thurman's early life was marked by loneliness, family instability, and illness. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Cole
Bradley Thomas Cole (born February 11, 1959) is an American actor. Early years Singer-songwriter, actor, and producer, Bradley "Brad" Cole was born and raised in Southern California. He began guitar lessons at 8 years old and was heavily influenced by rock and soul music from the 1960s and 70s. He played in various rock bands throughout his teen and high school years in California. Cole studied drama and business at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California where he also played baseball. He hoped to play professionally until an injury put that dream aside, and he turned his focus to acting and his music. Cole won the "Best Actor" award for his performance in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)''. He then traveled to Europe where played solo and in groups in clubs and small venues there. Career While in Paris, France, Cole founded a theater company, "La Version Originale", where he performed in classic American dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", as well as or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bekins
Richard Bekins (born July 17, 1954) is an American actor in theater, film, and television. One of his earliest roles was as Jamie Frame in the daytime soap opera '' Another World'' (1979–1983). He has made numerous guest appearances on television series such as on CBS's ''Bull'', ''Person of Interest'', '' Elementary'', '' Madam Secretary'' and ''The Good Wife''. On NBC, he has appeared in ''Law & Order'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and ''The Blacklist''. Other television appearances include ''Mad Men'', '' Daredevil'', '' Madoff'', '' The Path'', ''Designated Survivor'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''Mr. Robot'', and '' Younger''. On ABC, he appeared as the President in the pilot episode of the television series ''Designated Survivor'' in September 2016. On film, he has been seen in '' Brother to Brother'' (2004), '' The Only Living Boy in New York'', ''Young Adult'', '' Limitless'', ''Julie & Julia'', and '' United 93''. Bekins has appeared on Broadway in '' Love! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (; Ellis; born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has appeared in numerous films, including ''Men of Honor'' (2000), '' Undercover Brother'' (2002), '' Ray'' (2004), '' Freedomland'' (2006), '' The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009), ''The Help'' (2011), ''The Birth of a Nation'' (2016), and '' If Beale Street Could Talk'' (2018). For her portrayal of Oracene Price in the sports drama ''King Richard'' (2021), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in ''The Color Purple'' (2023), ''Origin'' (2023), and '' Nickel Boys'' (2024). On television, Ellis had regular and recurring roles in the series ''High Incident'' (1996–1997), ''The Practice'' (1999), ''True Blood'' (2008), and ''The Mentalist'' (2010–2013). She also appeared in several television films, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad L
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 19 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around , Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area. Chad has several regions: the Sahara desert in the north, an arid zone in the centre known as the Sahel, and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. It is home to over 200 ethnic and linguistic groups. Islam (55.1%) and Christianity (41.1%) are the main religions practiced in Chad. Beginnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'' has been ranked by ''Time'' magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels. His 1955 essay collection '' Notes of a Native Son'' helped establish his reputation as a voice for human equality. Baldwin was an influential public figure and orator, especially during the civil rights movement in the United States. Baldwin's fiction posed fundamental personal questions and dilemmas amid complex social and psychological pressures. Themes of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class intertwine to create intricate narratives that influenced both the civil rights movement and the gay liberation movement in mid-twentieth century America. His protagonists are often but not exclusively African-American; gay and bisexual men feature prominently in his work (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Reddick
Lance Solomon Reddick (June 7, 1962 – March 17, 2023) was an American actor. He portrayed Cedric Daniels in ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), List of Fringe characters#Phillip Broyles, Phillip Broyles in ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'' (2008–2013), and Chief Irvin Irving in ''Bosch (TV series), Bosch'' (2014–2020). In film, he played Charon in the ''John Wick'' franchise (2014–2025) and General Caulfield in ''White House Down'' (2013). He also portrayed Oz (TV series)#Johnny Basil, Detective Johnny Basil in the fourth season of ''Oz (TV series), Oz'', Matthew Abaddon in ''Lost (TV series), Lost'' (2004–2010), Albert Wesker and his clones in the Netflix series ''Resident Evil (TV series), Resident Evil'' (2022), and Zeus in ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series), Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' (2024), the latter of which was released posthumously and earned him a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer nomination. He provided the voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sunjata
Daniel Sunjata (born Daniel Sunjata Condon; December 30, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Franco Rivera in the FX television series '' Rescue Me''. Early life and education Sunjata was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. He is the adopted son of Bill and Catherine Condon, a police dispatcher and a civil rights worker. His adoptive parents are of Irish and Italian-German descent. He is named in honor of the Mandinka king Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire; the name means "hungry lion." He was told his biological mother was a white teenager who had run away from home and his father was African-American. He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, where he played linebacker for two state championship football teams. After attending Florida A&M University, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Master of Fine Arts from the Graduate Acting Program at New York Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Martinez (actor)
James Martinez is an American actor, known for his role as Alex Romero in season five of ''House of Cards'', Armando Salazar in '' Love, Victor'' and Angel Batista in the ''Dexter'' prequel series '' Dexter: Original Sin''. Career Martinez portrayed series regular Jorge Sanchez in ''Gravity'' on Starz in 2010. In 2017, he appeared as Alex Romero in season five of the Netflix series ''House of Cards''. Martinez portrayed Victor on the Netflix series '' One Day at a Time'' from 2017 to 2019. From 2020 to 2022, he starred as Armando Salazar on the Hulu series '' Love, Victor''. In 2024, Martinez was cast as young Angel Batista Angelo "Angel" Juan Marcos Batista (; Spanish ) is a fictional character in the Showtime (TV network), Showtime television series ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' and the novels by Jeff Lindsay (writer), Jeff Lindsay upon which it is based. He is ... in '' Dexter: Original Sin''. Selected filmography Television Film Video games References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Gilliard Jr
Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparatory & high schools * Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States * Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan * Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India Research laboratories * Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States People * Lawrence (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (band), an American soul-pop group * Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 * Lawrence (musician), Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Michelle Bathe
Ryan Michelle Bathé is an American actress. She starred in the ABC legal drama series ''Boston Legal'' (2005–06), BET+ comedy-drama series '' First Wives Club'' (2019–22), and NBC crime thriller '' The Endgame'' (2022). Early life Bathe's mother is Clare Bathé, an actress and singer who was a member of the late 1970s funk/disco/rock group Machine. She grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She graduated from Stanford University, and she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University. She is a member of the sorority Delta Sigma Theta. Career Bathe has had guest starring roles in a number of television shows, including '' ER'', ''Half & Half'', '' Girlfriends'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', and ''How I Met Your Mother''. She was regular cast member during the second season of the ABC legal drama series ''Boston Legal'' playing attorney Sara Holt. From 2009 to 2010, she had a recurring role on the short-lived NBC medical drama '' Trauma'', and in 2011 had starring role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
