Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
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| Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | |
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| Directed by | Lisa Gay Hamilton |
| Produced by | Jonathan Demme Lisa Gay Hamilton Joe Viola |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Kate Amend |
| Music by | Geri Allen Bernice Johnson Reagon |
| Distributed by | Women Make Movies, HBO |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003, and a Peabody Award in 2004.
People featured[]
- Beah Richards (archive footage)
- Bill Cobbs
- Ossie Davis
- Ruby Dee
- Lynn Hamilton
- Hugh Harrell Jr.
- Whitman Mayo
- Ruby Milsap
- Frank Silvera
- Spencer Tracy (archive footage)
Awards[]
The film won the 2003 documentary award at AFI Fest and the 2005 Peabody Award. In 2004 it was nominated for three Black Reel Awards and an Image Award.
External links[]
- Official site
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks at IMDb
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks at AllMovie
- Women Make Movies Documentary
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Categories:
- 2003 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about actors
- Documentary films about women in film
- Documentary films about African Americans
- 2003 documentary films
- Biographical documentary film stubs