At Sunday’s Academy Awards, or Oscars, in Los Angeles, Angela Bassett will be one of the few Black actors considered for a major award. Bassett is nominated for a best supporting actor award for her work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It is her second Oscar nomination in 40 years of acting in movies. At the recent African American Film Critics Association Awards, Bassett explained that every time she takes a part in a film, she wants the part to change how people think about Black women. She said she wants to “show our humanity, to tell the diversity of our stories and to share the complexity of what it means to be Black and women.”
Title: Black, Latin Actors, Directors Try to Tell Their Stories
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data-start-time='24792' data-end-time='32083'>It is her second Oscar nomination in 40 years of acting in movies.</span> <span data-start-time='32083' data-end-time='49042'>At the recent African American Film Critics Association Awards, Bassett explained that every time she takes a part in a film, she wants the part to change how people think about Black women.</span> <span data-start-time='49042' data-end-time='64771'>She said she wants to “show our humanity, to tell the diversity of our stories and to share the complexity of what it means to be Black and women.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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