‘Honeydripper’ was announced last night as the winner of “Best Independent or Foreign Film” at the annual NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood. John Sayles and Maggie Renzi were in attendence to accept the award. We’ll post pictures later if we can get them.
Update: Here is a video of John’s acceptance from NAACP Image Awards website:
Honeydripper has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film, and Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture.
From the press release:
The NAACP Image Awards honors projects and individuals that promote diversity in the arts in television, recording, literature and motion pictures. The theme of this year’s show is “Stand Up and Be Counted.” During this crucial election year, the NAACP encourages everyone to be socially conscious and take a stand on critical human and civil rights issues.
This year, over 1,200 entries were received. From those entries, a special committee of 300 industry professionals and NAACP leaders from across the country selected five nominees in each of 44 categories. Any artist, manager, publicist, production company, record label, studio, network or publishing house could submit an entry to the NAACP Image Awards. The final selections are voted on by NAACP members, and winners will be announced during the live airing of the 39th NAACP Image Awards.
After a great response in Toronto, we had the New York Premiere of “Honeydripper” as the Opening Night of Independent Film Week. Lots of great coverage, but here’s one of the more comprehensive pieces…
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