Here I am with the Critics’ Choice Award and the NAACP Image Award I received for directing SIDNEY. The beautiful award I got from the African American Film Critics Association was too big for me to hold at the same time, but I’m so proud of all of them! Looking…
+ Read MoreBy Angelique Jackson, Julia MacCary, Charna Flam, Jazz Tangcay Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Reginald Hudlin were among the winners at the final night of virtual NAACP Image Awards, which honored podcasts, writing and directing. Mescudi took home outstanding writing in a TV movie or special, alongside Ian Edelman and Maurice Williams, for “Entergalactic.” Hudlin’s work on…
+ Read MoreBy Angelique Jackson The eighth annual Icon Mann Honors dinner will salute “The Woman King” filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood, “Sidney” director Reginald Hudlin and Uzodinma Iweala, CEO of the Africa Center NYC and author of the New York Times bestseller “Beasts of No Nation.” Icon Mann partnered with Sony Pictures for the event, which has a “Reimagining…
+ Read MoreHere’s a list of movies, television shows and books I’ve made over the years that will enlighten and entertain you all month long! SIDNEY My latest award-winning film is available on apple plus. If you haven’t seen it, I promise you will be moved and find out more about a…
+ Read MoreBy Anita Bennett | Deadline.com Sidney Poitier wasn’t just an actor, filmmaker or activist. He was a pioneer who smashed stereotypes, and helped change the perception of Black people. The late acting legend’s life, career and legacy are explored in the Apple Original Films documentary Sidney. Reginald Hudlin directed and co-produced the film and credits Poitier with…
+ Read MoreAfter making his documentary about the Hollywood icon, the director reflected to IndieWire, “Sidney was doing exactly what we as a people needed him to do.” Marcus Jones | IndieWire When director Reginald Hudlin finished his first documentary “The Black Godfather,” which profiled one of the most influential figures in Black Hollywood…
+ Read MoreSean Piccoli | Deadline The challenge in making Sidney — about the pioneering Black actor, filmmaker and activist Sidney Poitier — was knowing where to stop, director Reginald Hudlin said during an appearance for Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event at The Times Center in Manhattan. “He had a long life, and every year of his…
+ Read MoreApple TV’s new documentary “Sidney” examines the life and legacy of the first Black Hollywood superstar: Sidney Poitier. Director Reginald Hudlin joins Jonathan Capehart live on set.
+ Read MoreApple’s Original Film, “SIDNEY” is now available on Apple TV+. The film is a revealing documentary that honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement. Sidney is produced by Oprah Winfrey and directed…
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