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Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer – wins the Oscar for Best Supporting actress

Octavia Spencer produced the first tears of Oscar night after winning the Best Supporting Actress gong. The Help star, who was awarded the prize for her role as a maid in the segregated South, also …

Red Tails – the story of the Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen, an all Black fighter unit formed in 1941,  prepared and trained to become pursuit pilots in a war that many of the Army brass never intended for them to fight in. The George Lucas …
Nelson Mandela

Six part miniseries of Nelson Mandela’s life planned

Kweku Mandela A six part miniseries based on the life of Nelson Mandela is in the works from South Africa’s Out of Africa Entertainment, the UKs Left Bank Pictures and Canada’s Blue Ice …
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