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4 days ago · Turman had his first prominent acting role at the age of 12 as Travis Younger in the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic play, A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett Jr., Lonne Elder III, John Fiedler and Diana Sands.
2 days ago · Written by Lonne Elder III Directed by Hugh A. Robertson 1972. It seems like crime was the focus of many Blaxploitation movies, ...
5 days ago · -DID YOU KNOW that the film’s screenwriter Lonne Elder III was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar ® for SOUNDER – making him the first black writer to ever receive this honor? -DID YOU KNOW that Coretta Scott King said that the character of David Lee Morgan reminded her of her late husband, Dr. Martin Luther King?
Jul 15, 2024 · The same year that Suzanne de Passe’s original screenplay for Lady Sings the Blues received a nomination, Lonne Elder III’s adapted screenplay for Sounder also received a nomination, marking both as the first time Black screenwriters received recognition for their works.
- William O. Tyler
Jul 16, 2024 · Not only did this intended counterprogramming share stars, artists, musicians, and technicians with Blaxploitation (in 1972, for example, playwright Lonne Elder III wrote the screenplay both...
3 days ago · Lonnie Walker IV (born December 14, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named Mr. Pennsylvania Basketball and earned McDonald's All-American honors. Walker played college basketball for the Miami Hurricanes.
3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
