The African American Film Critics Association will honor Mariah Carey, George C. Wolfe and Netflix with Aafca’s 2021 Special Achievement Awards, the organization announced Tuesday.
Aafca, the world’s largest Black film critics group with 90 members, also will bestow a Special Achievement Award on Amazon’s 2020 voter suppression documentary “All In: The Fight For Democracy,” directed by Lisa Cortes and Liz Garbus, who also co-produced the film with activist Stacey Abrams. “All In” was honored with the Stanley Kramer Award for Social Justice.
“They all in some way embody excellence,” Aafca CEO and president Gil Robertson told TheWrap. “The Special Achievement Award is meant to be a shout out to the body of work vs. the particular performance.”
Carey is often recognized for singing, Robertson said, but rarely celebrated for the visual storytelling in her music videos and television specials. Wolfe, best known as a theater director, has also brought...
Aafca, the world’s largest Black film critics group with 90 members, also will bestow a Special Achievement Award on Amazon’s 2020 voter suppression documentary “All In: The Fight For Democracy,” directed by Lisa Cortes and Liz Garbus, who also co-produced the film with activist Stacey Abrams. “All In” was honored with the Stanley Kramer Award for Social Justice.
“They all in some way embody excellence,” Aafca CEO and president Gil Robertson told TheWrap. “The Special Achievement Award is meant to be a shout out to the body of work vs. the particular performance.”
Carey is often recognized for singing, Robertson said, but rarely celebrated for the visual storytelling in her music videos and television specials. Wolfe, best known as a theater director, has also brought...
- 2/16/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
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