12 years a slave Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/12-years-a-slave/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 11:34:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png 12 years a slave Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/12-years-a-slave/ 32 32 12773863 Best Supporting Actress Award Goes to Lupita Nyong’o https://ezkool.com/2014/03/best-supporting-actress-award-goes-to-lupita-nyongo/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/best-supporting-actress-award-goes-to-lupita-nyongo/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:11:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48810 Lupita Nyong’o won the Oscar for best supporting actress on Sunday for her role as the hardworking slave Patsey in drama “12 Years a Slave,” capping a breakout awards season for the Yale-trained Kenyan actress. Nyong’o, 31, won the Oscar in her first feature film role, earning a thunderous standing ovation from the Hollywood audience. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/best-supporting-actress-award-goes-to-lupita-nyongo/feed/ 0 48810 “12 Years a Slave” Star says she Prayed to God for Lighter Skin https://ezkool.com/2014/03/12-years-a-slave-star-says-she-prayed-to-god-for-lighter-skin/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/12-years-a-slave-star-says-she-prayed-to-god-for-lighter-skin/#respond Sun, 02 Mar 2014 04:08:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48776 “12 Years a Slave” star Lupita Nyong’o says she repeatedly prayed to God asking for lighter skin during her adolescence … because she thought having dark black skin was a curse. Nyong’o was honored with an award on Thursday at a luncheon for Essence … and said she was teased growing up for her “night-shaded […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/12-years-a-slave-star-says-she-prayed-to-god-for-lighter-skin/feed/ 0 48776 Somebody tell the GOP, “We Be Free!” – 12 Years A Slave: Chitwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt https://ezkool.com/2013/10/somebody-tell-the-gop-we-be-free-12-years-a-slave-chitwetel-ejiofor-brad-pitt/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/somebody-tell-the-gop-we-be-free-12-years-a-slave-chitwetel-ejiofor-brad-pitt/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:41:52 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43897   “As a black person, I can honestly say I am exhausted and bored with these kinds of ‘dramatic race’ films. I’m convinced these black race films are created for a white, liberal film audience to engender white guilt…” — Orville Lloyd Douglas of TheGuardian Based on a true story of one man’s fight for survival […]

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