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Lee Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American film and television producer, director and screenwriter. His first producer credit was Monster's Ball (2001), for which Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress , making Daniels the first African-American film producer to solely produce an Oscar-winning film.
Lee Daniels' The Butler. Forest Whitaker leads an all-star cast as a White House butler who served eight presidents while the civil rights movement and other major events affect his life, family, and society. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to ...
Aug 16, 2013 · Working from the true story of Eugene Allen's rise from field hand to longstanding White House butler, Daniels and screenwriter Danny Strong attempt to "Forrest Gump" African-American history. What looks like passive obliviousness is just a black man playing one of the only roles that granted him upward mobility in the 20th Century, the unquestioning servant.
Aug 14, 2013 · Lee Daniels' The Butler Review. 7.5. Review scoring. good. The Butler is a well-acted, but soapy take on a White House servant's witnessing of African-American history unfolding. Jim Vejvoda.
May 30, 2024 · Daniels first made a name for himself as the producer of Monster’s Ball (2001), and he later produced and directed such movies as Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (2009) and Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013). He also cocreated the TV show Empire (2015–20). Early life
Aug 9, 2013 · PHOTOS: ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ Premiere: Oprah, Forest Whitaker and Anna Wintour Walk the Red Carpet in NY. Long-retired White House maitre d’hotel Eugene Allen was a figure unknown to ...
Sep 16, 2013 · “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is, by any conventional measure, a rarity: a major Hollywood film production that focuses on African American history by using a largely black cast to tell the story.
