#Akosua Busia

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The Color Purple

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The Color Purple

1985

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W A T C H I N G

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Akosua Busia as Jewel in Rosewood (1997). Akosua was born in Accra, Ghana, and has 32 acting credits from 1979 to 2010. Her entries among my best 1001 are The Color Purple (as Nettie) and Dead Man's Walk (the Lonesome Dove quadrilogy).

Her other notable credits include episodes of Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, Simon and Simon, St Elsewhere, The Twilight Zone, Highway to Heaven, and ER (four episodes).

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'The Color Purple' Movie and 4K Review

The following review was written by Ultimate Rabbit correspondent, Tony Farinella. This was my first time having the pleasure of sitting down to watch “The Color Purple,” directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg. This is a director who has never been afraid to tackle any type of film project.  When watching this film, his trademark heart is clearly on display.  What makes it stand out and be…

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Endless List of My Favorite Movies

The Color Purple (1985)

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Remember “Nettie” From #TheColorPurple? #AkosuaBusia is a well-known actress, novelist, screenplay writer, poet, director, and public speaker. She is a princess of the royal family of Wenchi, Ghana, Africa. Akosua currently divides her time between her homes in Ghana and the United States. She has one daughter, Hadar Busia-Singleton, from her marriage to the late director John Singleton.

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DECEMBER Celebrity Birthdays & Events

December Birthdays

Sagittarius Stars (November 22 - December 21) 1: Janelle Monae, Zoe Kravitz, Reign Edwards 2: Lesley Ann Brandt, Celeste O’Connor 4: Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins, Nafessa Williams 5: Lauren London 6: Ashley Madekwe 7: Idara Victor, Patricia Allison 8: Nikki Minaj, Teala Dunn 9: Jaida Essence Hall 10: Kiki Layne, Raven Symone, Kyliegh Curran 11: Chloe Coleman, Condola Rashad, Joi Harris, Xosha Roquemore 12: Regina Hall 16: Kiara Muhammad, Gretchen Palmer 17: Kiersey Clemons, Izabela Rose 18: Adelayo Adedayo 19: Cicely Tyson, Jen Harper 21: Quinta Brunson, Michelle Hurd, Rutina Wesley

Capricorn Stars  (Dec 22-Jan 19) 22: Alexis Floyd, BernNadette Stanis 23:  Brooke Singleton, Jessabelle Thunder, Ruby Barker 25: Bethany Antonia, CCH Pounder 26: Sofia Bryant, Trina Parks 27: AmandaMaryanna, Faithe Herman 28: Nichelle Nichols, LovelyOverdose 30: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Aesha Ash, Akosua Busia 31: Susan Wokoma, Donna Summer, Rosalind Cash, Denee Benton

December Events:

1: World AIDS Day | 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities | 5: Disney Day | 8: Pansexual Pride Day | 10: Human Rights Day | 21: Negro Solstice, Winter Solstice | 28: Marvel Day | 31: New Year’s Eve, Karamu Ya Imani (Feast of Faith) Yule:  Dec 21 - Jan 1

Kwanzaa 26 - Jan 1

26:  Umoja (Unity), 27: Kujichagulia (Self Determination), 28: Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), 29: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), 30: Nia (Purpose), 31:  Kuumba (Creativity), 1:  Imani (Faith)

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Blog Assignment #5

Adapted from the novel “Beloved” by Toni Morrison and directed by Jonathan Demme, the time period piece Beloved (1998) follows the story of a Black mother named Sethe who is haunted by the horrors of her past as a slave and her desperate pursuits of freedom for both her and her children. Being familiar with Toni Morrison’s work but not having yet read the original book version, I expected it was going to be extremely heavy in content; I expected to be uncomfortable. But in all honesty, nothing could have prepared me for the emotional rollercoaster this film took me on. With a run time of nearly three hours, Beloved (1998) is as beautiful as it is triggering, plunging into themes of slavery, generational trauma, but most importantly, the sacrifice of Black mothers and the pain held in Black women’s bodies. 

The film itself springs from the insecurity of a mother under the institution of slavery. Much of the hardships specific to Sethe’s (or rather any Black slave woman) journey stem from the combination of slavery and corporatized sexual assault. We see this very early on in the film with violent flashbacks to a pregnant Sethe being held down while White slave owners “take her milk”, and again when she is whipped for speaking this truth. It immediately sets the tone and reminds the audience that under this system, Black women and mothers have no right to their own body, their children, or their lives. It conveys a sense of powerlessness and desperation in their reality to the extent that if they cannot protect themselves, they will do whatever is necessary to provide their children a chance at a life free from their struggles. So much so that mothers, such as Sethe, would rather kill their own children, than allow them to be taken into slavery, or in Sethe’s words, “hell here on Earth”.

To exemplify, when Paul D is made aware of the news report about Sethe trying to murder her children, there’s an exchange between them that powerfully communicates the position Black mothers are put in when it comes to protecting their children. 

“Sometimes, I hear my boys laughing and laughing… First I get scared… scared someone might hear ‘em and get mad. Then I remember that if they laugh that hard till it hurt, that’d be the only hurt they have all day.”

“[It’s] Dangerous to love any one thing that much… Your love is too thick, Sethe… You got two feet, Sethe, not four.”

Here we are walked through the events that led Sethe and her children to where they are today. All the other characters see Sethe as inhumane- even animalistic- for attempting to murder all her children, blaming her love being too thick to resort to something so extreme. Yet Sethe’s rationale is not entirely shocking as her sole purpose as a mother is to save her children from even the possibility of going through an ounce of what she did at Sweet Home. Rather, it demonstrates a mother’s willingness to hold the agony of losing her children and withstanding the social stigma of being a murderer if it means saving them from a lifetime of suffering. That in itself makes her character incredibly powerful in her conviction to protect her children.

At the same time, this movie portrays the consequential pain and trauma that is trapped in the bodies of everyone, but especially the women. For instance, when we witness Sethe’s trek from Kentucky to Ohio, feet so swollen she can barely stand, nine months pregnant, alone in the woods, we as the audience feel like we’re able to empathize with her better taking this journey with her. But at the same time, we can never fully know her pain. Not just Sethe but Baby Suggs, Denver, even Beloved, are all intrinsically connected through their generational acts of self-preservation and survival.  Overall, both Morrison's story and Akosua Busia’s screenwriting capture real heartbreak. Even though as the audience we know we’re watching a fictional story, it doesn’t feel like a fiction. It leans into realistic racialized violence as horror and unapologetically shows us what trauma looks like. It captures the feeling of being enslaved and the impact of slavery on this family, of which they never truly recover from. More than anything else, it brings to the forefront the struggles of the Black female experience and the sacrifices of Black mothers.

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To A Very Astounding Black Actress That Has Become A Household Name To Date 📅

Hailing All The Way From Grinnell, Iowa

Her Roots are Centered Around Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 which is where her Parents are from

She is the youngest of four siblings; Shingai and Choni are her sisters and Tare, her brother, is a chiropractor. She lived in Grinnell until December 1983, when at age five she and her family moved back to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, after Robert Mugabe rose to power in 1979.

She attended high school at Dominican Convent High School. Afterward, she returned to the United States to study at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She also earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

In 2009, She made her acting debut on Broadway in August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone playing Martha Pentecost.

2012 play The Convert was premiered as a co-production between the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey. Later that year, She received the Whiting Award for an emerging playwright.

In January 2015, Familiar, a play written by Her and directed by Rebecca Taichman, opened at Yale Repertory Theatre. It later premiered Off-Broadway in New York at Playwrights Horizons. The play is about family, cultural identity, and the experience of life as a first-generation American, and She has said that it was inspired in part by her family and friends.

In 2015, Lupita Nyong'o starred in Her play, Eclipsed (2009), Off-Broadway at The Public Theater. It was announced that the play would move to Broadway in 2016 at the John Golden Theatre. It was the first play to premiere on Broadway with an all female and black cast and creative team. The play is set in war-torn Liberia and focuses on three women who are living as sex slaves to a rebel commander, as well as one of his former wives, and a relief worker, and follows and how they deal with this difficult situation. It starred Lupita Nyong'o, Akosua Busia, Saycon Sengbloh, Zainab Jah, and Pascale Armand and was directed by Liesl Tommy.

In March 2012, AMC announced on a live broadcast that She would join the cast of their horror-drama series The Walking Dead, the highest rated series in cable television history

& Then in February 2018, Her Biggest Role To Date Became Her Greatest Role Of All Times

When She starred In The Major Blockbuster Hit Marvel Superhero Film Of 2018 That Changed The World Forever

The MCU'S 1st Black Superhero Hit The Screen

MARVEL STUDIO'S

BLACK PANTHER

As She played The General Of The Fierce Group Of Warrior Women Swore To Protect The King Of The Majestic Land Of WAKANDA

Okoye Of The Dora Miljae.

Please Wish This Magnificent Black Actress Of African Roots

A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 For The Ages.

You Know Her & You Are So In Love with Her.

The 1 & The Only

The Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Warrior Herself but she's So Wakandan

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HAPPY 45TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU. MS. GUIRRA AKA OKOYE

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John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 – April 28, 2019) was a film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He was known for directing Boyz n the Hood, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming, at age 24, the first African American and youngest person to have ever been nominated for that award. He was born on in Los Angeles, the son of Shelia Ward-Johnson (later Morgan), a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and Danny Singleton, a real estate agent, mortgage broker, and financial planner. Many of his films, such as Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, and Baby Boy, had themes that resonated with the contemporary urban population. He directed the drama Rosewood and the action films Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Four Brothers. He co-created the television crime drama Snowfall. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for "The Race Card", the fifth episode of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He attended Blair High School, Pasadena City College, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He graduated from USC and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. The program was designed to take students directly into the Hollywood system as proficient writers/directors. He cited the original Star Wars film as one of his strongest influences and the work of Steven Spielberg as a source of inspiration. He was the father of seven children. He married Tosha Lewis (?). He married Akosua Busia (1996–1997). #africanhistory #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi https://www.instagram.com/p/CnEvW06LPM0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Akosua Busia (Nettie From The Movie Color Purple) Tribute to Bishop C.E....

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Steven Spielberg film Warner Brothers presents Alice Walker's Pulitzer prize-winning story The Color Purple Movie digitally processed stereo VHS Hi Fi ©1985 The color purple marks a new more mature color in Spielberg's artistic palette it is an exquisitely crafted Landmark film that will be treasured and talked about for years to come best picture of the Year Powerful picture set in America's rural South National Board of review Roger Ebert Siskel and Ebert Whoopi Goldberg Danny Glover Oprah Winfrey Margaret Avery Adolph Caesar Rae Dawn Chong Akosua Busia new Warner Home video Factory Sealed (F-17) TV (at Lincoln, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch3nqnGsTOO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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MY FAVOURITE FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS IN FILM › 9 / ∞

CELIE & NETTIE 🧡

THE COLOR PURPLE (1985, dir. Steven Spielberg)

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The Final Terror (1983, Andrew Davis)

Also known as: Bump in the Night / Three Blind Mice / The Forest Primeval / Carnivore / Campsite Massacre / The Creeper

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