Hollywood Mourns Tyre Nichols: Viola Davis, Tyler Perry, Questlove React to Tragic Police Brutality Video
As the world mourns the 29-year-old Memphis native, many prominent celebrities implored fans not to watch the violent video of his death.
As the world mourns the 29-year-old Memphis native, many prominent celebrities implored fans not to watch the violent video of his death.
“Six Triple Eight” tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
The prolific filmmaker last directed “A Jazzman’s Blues” for Netflix.
“There’s a certain part of our society, especially Black people in the culture, that they look down on certain things within the culture,” Perry said.
The film is a more serious-minded version of Perry’s usual burlesques, with beautiful music. But it’s still Tyler Perry.
“This was the first time I’ve ever enjoyed directing,” the Oscar nominee said of his period piece, three decades in the making.
Academy Award nominee Perry wrote, directed, and produced the period piece almost 30 years in the making.
“I think he is very much in reflection of trying to figure out what happened,” Perry said of Smith.
After canceling the Governors Awards, the Academy will present Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture Fund with two Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards.
Perry requested an absentee ballot on December 2, but it never showed up over the last month.
Perry and his foundation were chosen for their ongoing inclusive efforts and other philanthropic initiatives.
Perry is the mastermind behind 13 television shows, more than 20 stage plays, and 22 feature films.