Falcon and Winter Soldier Breakout Adepero Oduye Joins Apple s Hurricane Katrina Drama (Exclusive)
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The actress will play a nurse manager at a New Orleans hospital in Five Days at Memorial.
John Ridley and Carlton Cuse s Apple limited series about Hurricane Katrina is adding to its cast.
Adepero Oduye (
Five Days at Memorial, a drama about how the aftermath of the deadly 2005 hurricane played out at a New Orleans hospital. It s based on a nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink.
John Ridley (
12 Years a Slave, American Crime) and Carlton Cuse (
Lost, Bates Motel) are adapting the book, which tracks the five days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Amid rising flood waters, stifling heat and failing power, exhausted caregivers at the hospital were forced to make life-and-death decisions that would haunt them in the years to come.
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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opens Sept 30, Will Address Race and Gender Issues
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures won’t open until Sept. 30, but you can “visit” as soon as April. The museum held an online media preview Wednesday, during which it announced that virtual programming will start on its website April 22.
The museum is the public face of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 93rd Oscars ceremony will spotlight the film industry on April 25, and the museum is rolling out the virtual red carpet a few days before with screenings, panel discussions,
educational workshops and other online events.
“The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has long been a dream of the academy, the city of Los Angeles and the film industry,” Director Bill Kramer said in his welcome address Wednesday.