Glynn Turman, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, the Starz “Energy” Universe, “UnPrisoned” and a number of other different Black stars and initiatives have been honored on the 2024 African American Movie Critics Affiliation TV Honors on Saturday afternoon.
A complete of 15 awards recognizing achievements in tv and streaming have been offered on the sixth annual celebration, which was held on the Hollywood Roosevelt Lodge in Los Angeles, in line with The Hollywood Reporter. “All American” and “Discovered” showrunner Carroll was honored with the Salute to Excellence Award.
The New York native recalled her love for the 1982 Dolly Parton musical comedy “The Greatest Little Whorehouse in Texas” in her acceptance speech, connecting her fandom as a baby to her profession at present.
“I relay this story as a result of I refuse to hear after I hear individuals inform me that our tales aren’t relatable. I refuse to hear once they say that our tales don’t journey, that they’re too area of interest,” Carroll mentioned. “The reality is, our tales will not be solely nice TV, they’re nice enterprise. They’re universally relatable. As a result of if I, as a seven-year-old Nigerian woman, discovered a method to relate to Dolly and her girls in ‘The Greatest Little Whorehouse’ in Texas, then I do know for positive there’s a approach for the larger world to narrate to our tales. And that’s the reason I refuse to again down.”
Turman obtained the Legacy Award throughout the closing hour of the ceremony, in line with THR. The “A Totally different World” actor shared in his acceptance speech that he’s the final residing actor from 1959’s “A Raisin within the Solar” Broadway forged, which included Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett Jr.
“These individuals created such an area and set such a excessive bar for us to dedicate to, and that’s what I at all times hold in my thoughts after I choose elements, after I do my work, after I dedicate productions or performances,” Turman mentioned, per THR. “That is for you, Sidney, that is for you, Ruby, that is for you, Douglas Turner, that is for you, Lou Gossett. That makes it greater than about myself. It makes me need to commit a unique a part of what the journey is about as a result of I owe it.”
Beneficial Tales
“I owe it to you,” Turman added as he pointed at his granddaughter who accompanied him onstage. “It’s about life. It’s about residing. It’s a couple of cost that we have now been provided that I don’t take as a right. What a possibility we have now. What a journey we go on… There’s solely the dedication. There is no such thing as a end line.”
Different winners embrace “Black Twitter: A Individuals’s Historical past” for Greatest Documentary, “Masters of the Air” for Greatest Ensemble, Ayo Edebiri for Greatest TV Appearing Feminine for her efficiency in “The Bear,” Wendell Pierce for Greatest TV Appearing Male for his efficiency in “Elsbeth,” “Unprisoned” for Greatest TV Comedy and the “Energy” Universe, which obtained the Influence Award.
