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The DBA Foundation is pleased to present the
awardees for the Year
2000.
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Current
Performer/Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Screenwriter |
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Sarita
Choudhury -
feature film actress - lead roles in ‘Mississippi Masala’
with
Denzel Washington, ‘Kama Sutra’; ‘A Perfect Murder’ |
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Leonie
Forbes -
film and television actress - ‘Children of Babylon’.
‘Milk and Honey’, ‘Orchid House’ (Film)‘Passion
& Paradise’, ‘Win some Lose some’, ‘TRAXX’ |
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Lloyd
Reckord -
actor, director, producer - prolific career in UK, listed
among the top black directors in a 1999 issue of the
British Film Bulletin; ‘Third World Cop’(actor), and
director ‘Junction Village’, ‘Miss Lou and Friends’
& ‘Body Moves’ |
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Rhone screenwriter/director Smile
Orange, co-writer Harder They Come, Milk and Honey |
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Tonya
Lee Williams -
film/television actress - ‘Young and the Restless’ -
Dr Olivia Hastings-Wynters; ‘Spaced Invaders’ |
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Cynthia
Wilmot -
Prolific producer, writer, director spanning over 30 years
- ‘The Honourable Miss Lou’, ‘Strong Jamaicans,
Stirring Times’, ‘Miss Amy &
Miss May’ |
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Posthumous
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Frank Silvera (died
1972)(daughter, Helen Silvera-Hargrove, was in attendance)
- Career spanned 36 years in which he appeared in
principal supporting roles in over 40 films - ‘Valdez is
Coming’; ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’; and innumerable
television appearances
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Special Caribbean Award
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Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
Director/screenwriter/producer Sugar Cane Alley, Simeon, Dry White Season, Aime Cesaire
a voice for
History, Wings against the Wind; recipient of numerous international awards |
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The "Unsung Heroes"
are
members of the film community who may not have met the criteria for
nomination but their role in the industry of film and television has
been invaluable over the years. These
members of the film community provided technical support services that
are integral to the production process - without which our nominees
would be nothing. This acknowledgement is an effort to highlight their
vital contribution. The
2000 "Unsung Heroes" were:
- Roderick
"Sprinter" Levy
- Winston
Rodney
- Linford
"Rabbit" Roye
- Roy
"Uncle" Thomas
- Royburn
"Sugar" Thompson
- Trevor
"Tricky" Welsh
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