I know, I know, I know… There’s only two black actors nominated for an Academy Award in a year that has seen us achieve to the highest level of government imaginable. Why can’t we get the best of both worlds, right? With black folks continuing to step out and show the wide array of colors portrayed on the big screen is the Academy just making due with the change in White House administration? Or were the movie’s just not Oscar worthy?
You be the judge! Below is the list of black in the movies for 2008:
The Family That Preys – Tyler Perry
Seven Pounds, Hancock – Will Smith
Cadillac Records – Columbus Short, Beyonce Knowles, Mos Def
The Express – Rob Brown
The Dark Knight – Morgan Freeman
Iron Man – Terrence Howard
Max Payne – Ludacris
Be Kind Rewind – Mos Def
Jumper – Samuel L. Jackson
21 – Laurence Fishburne
Wanted– Morgan Freeman, Common
Righteous Kill – 50 Cent
The Love Guru, Saw V, The Unborn – Meagan Good
Get Smart – Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
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