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January 2008
A LOOK BLACK AT 2007

A LOOK BLACK AT 2007, continued
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COMMENTARY by Editor Wilson Morales

 

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCES/ STARS OF TOMORROW


Alicia Keys – Smokin’ Aces
David Banner – Black Snake Moan, This Christmas
Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
Gary Clark Jr. – Honeydripper
Jamia Nash & Leon G. Thomas III – August Rush
Jill Scott – Why Did I Get Married?
Jurnee Smollett & Denzel Whitaker – The Great Debaters
Marcus Carl Franklin – I’m Not There
Nate Parker – Pride, The Great Debaters
Sydney Poitier – Grindhouse
Tasha Smith – Daddy’s Little Girls, Why Did I Get Married?
Tracie Thoms – Grindhouse

Special Mention: Rainforest Films – Stomp The Yard and This Christmas


 

SCREENWRITERS

Anthony Lover – My Brother
Chris Rock – I Think I Love My Wife
Eddie Murphy & Charles Q. Murphy – Norbit
Lance Rivera & Marc Calixte – The Perfect Holiday
Mark Brown – The Salon
Maurice Jamal – Dirty Laundry
Michael Genet & Rick Famuyina – Talk to Me
Pete Chatmon – Premium
Preston Whitmore – This Christmas
Tyler Perry – Daddy’s Little Girls & Why Did I Get Married?

 

HARDEST WORKING ACTORS OF 2007

Brian J. White – Stomp The Yard, Daddy’s Little Girls, DOA: Dead or Alive, The Game Plan
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Slow Burn, Talk To Me, American Gangster
Gabrielle Union – Daddy’s Little Girls, Constellation, The Perfect Holiday
Idris Elba – Daddy’s Little Girls, 28 Weeks Later, The Reaping, American Gangster, This Christmas
Samuel L. Jackson – Black Snake Moan, Home of the Brave, Resurrecting The Champ, 1408
Terrence Howard – Pride, The Salon, The Hunting Party, August Rush, Awake, The Brave One, The Perfect Holiday

 

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