The DBA Foundation is pleased to present the nominees for the Year 2000. They become eligible for selection for an Award to be presented at the gala presentation on November 6, 2000. In addition, a Special Caribbean Award will be presented on the night of the Awards)
 
   

Current Performer/Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Screenwriter

        

   
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter - film/television actor - ‘Marked for Death’; ‘Naked Gun’; ‘Maximum Force’(Film);‘Union Square’; ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘Young & the Restless (TV)   Sarita Choudhury - feature film actress - lead roles in ‘Mississippi Masala’ with Denzel Washington, ‘Kama Sutra’; ‘A Perfect Murder’  

Suzanne de Passe - Hollywood writer/producer/director - launched the Jackson 5’s career, Film/TV- ‘Lady Sings the Blues; ‘Lonesome Dove’; Buffalo Girls

           
Leonie Forbes - film and television actress - ‘Children of Babylon’. ‘Milk and Honey’, ‘Orchid House’ (Film)‘Passion & Paradise’, ‘Win some Lose some’, ‘TRAXX’ Mona Hammond - British TV actress -‘East Enders’; ‘Sunburn’; ‘Pig Heart Boy’ Lenny Henry - British film/television comedian and actor - ‘Lenny Henry Show’; Chef in ‘Chef" (currently showing on TVJ);
     
Stephen Hopkins - Hollywood writer/producer/director - ‘Predator 2’, ‘Tales from the Crypyt’; ‘Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child’; ‘Highlander’ Grace Jones - actress, singer, model known for her outrageous performances in films as ‘Boomerang;; James Bond’s ‘View to a Kill’; ‘Conan the Destroyer’ Carl Lumbly - feature film/television actor - ‘To Sleep with Anger’; ‘Escape from Alcatraz’; (Film,); ‘South Central’ (TV)
          
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’ Trevor Rhone  screenwriter/director  Smile Orange, co-writer  Harder They Come, Milk and Honey Alison Stewart - Television correspondent/presenter - MTV News (1991-96); CBS News Sunday Morning(1996-1998), ABC News(since 1999)
           
Tonya Lee Williams - film/television actress - ‘Young and the Restless’ - Dr Olivia Hastings-Wynters; ‘Spaced Invaders’ Cynthia Wilmot - Prolific producer, writer, director spanning over 30 years - ‘The Honourable Miss Lou’, ‘Strong Jamaicans, Stirring Times’, ‘Miss Amy & Miss May’
        
Anthony "Tony" Winkler - screenwriter - "The Lunatic"; "The Annihilation of Fish" with Earl Jones, Lynn Redgraves (2000)

Posthumous

   
Reggie Carter (died 1995) - actor - ‘Sankofa’, ‘The Lunatic’, James Bond’s ‘Dr NO’(Film);‘Royal Palm Estate’ (TV) Bobby Ghisays (died 1990) - actor, producer - ‘Orchid House’, ‘Popcorn’, ‘The Mighty Quinn’ (Film); ‘Passion & Paradise’, ‘Salome’, ‘Fight against Slavery’ Frank Silvera (died 1972)( daughter and son will be 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

Special Caribbean Award

      
 
 
Euzhan Palcy
(Martinique)  Director/screenwriter/producer  Sugar Cane Alley, Simeon, Dry White Season, Aime Cesaire  a voice for History, Wings against the Wind; recepient of numerous international awards

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