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Lupita Nyong o has acted in 10 feature films nine have a score above 60% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In honor of Nyongo s 38th birthday on March 1, we ve ranked all her movies, according to critics.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Black Panther takes the top spot.
There s never been a star quite like Lupita Nyong o the Mexico-born, Kenyan-raised actress won an Oscar for her film debut, 12 Years a Slave, and since then, has been in two movies total with a score lower than 80% on Rotten Tomatoes. Clearly, she has impeccable taste.
To celebrate her 38th birthday on March 1, we ve ranked all 10 of her feature film roles from worst to best, according to critics scores on Rotten Tomatoes. The scores were accurate as of February 2021.
The filmmaker as historian: Sam Pollard and MLK/FBI
Sam Pollard, a film editor, in New York, Jan. 15, 2021. Whether working on his own projects or others like Eyes on the Prize II and 4 Little Girls, the multihyphenate artist has built a monumental career examining America. Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times.
by Nicolas Rapold
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Midway through the new documentary MLK/FBI, we get glimpses of a Martin Luther King Jr. not often seen in the usual montages of the civil rights movement. The 1963 March on Washington has taken place and he has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. This King is under myriad strains from the burdens of leadership, budding concerns about Vietnam, political and mortal threats, and round-the-clock surveillance by his own countrys chief law enforcement agency.
The Filmmaker as Historian: Sam Pollard and âMLK/FBIâ
Whether working on his own projects or others like âEyes on the Prize IIâ and â4 Little Girls,â the multihyphenate artist has built a monumental career examining America.
Sam Pollard in New York. He “is a master filmmaker,” Spike Lee said. “If you say he’s just an editor or just a director, that’s not the whole story.”Credit.Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times
By Nicolas Rapold
Jan. 15, 2021
Midway through the new documentary âMLK/FBI,â we get glimpses of a Martin Luther King Jr. not often seen in the usual montages of the civil rights movement. The 1963 March on Washington has taken place and he has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. This King is under myriad strains from the burdens of leadership, budding concerns about Vietnam, political and mortal threats, and round-the-clock surveillance by his own countryâs chief law enforcement agency.
From left: Michael Potts as Slow Drag, Chadwick Boseman as Levee, and Colman Domingo as Cutler.
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