Cannes,France- On the heels of First Lady Michelle Obama
unveiling of the Sojourner Truth bust in Washington, D. C., Jacquie
Taliaferro. Director of LaHitz Media continued his company's annual
tribute to the former slave, abolitionist, women's suffrage advocate, and mother of thirteen, Sojourner Truth by awarding Eriq Ebouaney with the LaHitz Media Sojourner Truth Award during the LaHitz@Cannes Film Series.
LaHitz
Director, Jacquie Taliaferro greets Eddie Mbato, CEO South African
National Film Video Foundation, and International Stars Eriq Ebouaney
and Jimmy Jean-Louis (NBC's "Heroes"). (Click photo for video of presentation)
Eriq Ebouaney joined
the Sojourner Truth Award recipients humanitarian efforts including the "Help Mama Africa" project (Help Mama Africa Public Service Announcements). For more
than a decade, the award that is presented at the Pan African Film
Festival in Los Angeles and during the Cannes International Film
Festival has been given to film and entertainment artists but is also
presented to individuals outside of the industry. Past honorees
include: Melvin Van Pebbles, Jean Marie-Gaston Kabore, Danny Glover, Lil
Cumbers, Neema Barnett, South African Film Commissioner, Eddie Mbato,
filmmaker Rahmatou Keita of Nigeria and U.S labor activist, Maria Elena
Durazo, Marla Gibbs, Nichelle Nichols, and Yo-Yo Whitaker.
"It's great to see President Obama's administration honoring a woman
who challenged the U.S. to live up to its founding human rights
tenets," said Jacquie Taliaferro, Director, LaHitz Media. I commend
the Obama Administration and the National Congress of Black Women that
commissioned the bust by Artis Lane and worked for a decade to
memorialize Truth on Capitol Hill."
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joins First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for the unveiling of Artis Lane's "Sojourner Truth" Bust. Texas Representative Sheila Jackson Lee-D and actress Cicely Tyson, who portrayed Truth were on hand for the historical event. (Click image to see Tyson's portrayal) | |
