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Revolution Awards TO HOnor Ruby Dee, Others

NEW YORK —The ImageNation Cinema Foundation will honor actress Ruby Dee and other trailblazing members of the entertainment, business and political worlds at its 2010 Revolution Awards Gala Reception on December 2. Georgia Congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis; BET Chairman and CEO Debra Lee; producer Lisa Cortés (executive producer of Precious); Burrell Communication Group Chairman Emeritus Tom Burrell; and filmmaker and activist Iris Morales will also be honored at the 7 pm ceremony, which takes place at The Film Society of Lincoln Center. BET Networks is the presenting sponsor of the 2010 ImageNation Revolution Awards, which is produced in partnership with The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC).

The Revolution Awards are awarded to individuals who inspire social change, blaze new trails, help foster solidarity throughout the African Diaspora, and promote or advance the arts, including Black and Latino film and culture. This year, categories include: the Revolution Award for Lifetime Achievement (Ruby Dee); the Revolution Award for Freedom (Congressman John Lewis); the Revolution Award for Visionary Leadership in Television (Debra L. Lee); the Revolution Award for Pioneering Leadership in Media Enterprise (Tom Burrell); the Revolution Award for Trailblazing in Independent Film & Music (Lisa Cortés); and the Revolution Award for Activism (Iris Morales).

“We are so honored to celebrate the life and work of these extraordinary change agents. Their work inspires us, and we hope those who attend will leave galvanized and ready to better the world,” said Moikgantsi Kgama, president of ImageNation.

"ImageNation is doing some of the most innovative programming in New York, bringing together the worlds of film, theater and music, uptown and downtown,” said Richard Peña, program director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center. “We're proud to work with them."

The event includes an advance screening of Stanley Nelson’s film Freedom Riders, which will air on PBS in 2011. The film is the powerful account of more than 400 black and white civil rights workers who transformed America over six months in 1961. Risking their lives by traveling together on buses and trains through the Deep South—thus flouting the Jim Crow laws—the Freedom Riders were met with stark racism and mob violence. Ultimately what they encountered put their belief in nonviolent activism to the test. The film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and Lewis, one of the Freedom Riders. 


STORY TAGS: BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN, MINORITY, CIVIL RIGHTS, DISCRIMINATION, RACISM, NAACP, URBAN LEAGUE, RACIAL EQUALITY, BIAS, EQUALITY

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