The Sundance Institute founding director, whose son was killed in November, was honored by the motion picture academy Tuesday alongside Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton.
Michael Latt, marketing strategist and Hollywood figure, was killed Monday in his home. He leaves behind a firm dedicated to uplifting marginalized artists.
A San Bernardino police officer is under investigation after a cellphone video from a witness appeared to show him punching and kneeing a man during an arrest.
Michael Latt, the founder of the marketing firm Lead With Love, was allegedly targeted by suspect Kameelah Michl for being friends with filmmaker A.V. Rockwell, who officials said she had been stalking for months.