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Trayvon Martin Shooting Fast Facts | CNN

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Read CNN's Fast Facts about the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was acquitted of the crime.

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The Hate U Give (2018) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama

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10 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards "

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:

Storyline

Slim and Queen's first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer's gun and shoots him in self-defence. Now labelled cop killers in the media, Slim and Queen feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all across the country Written by stmc-25959

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, some strong sexuality, nudity, pervasive language, and brief drug use. | See all certifications "

Details

Release Date:

27 November 2019 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,890,490, 1 December 2019

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$47,489,558

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The two main characters are never referred to as "Queen" or "Slim". In fact, including their interactions with each other and other characters, the only times they are referred to by name are in news reports covering the manhunt for them. The news reports only use their given names (Ernest Hines, and Angela Johnson). See more "

Goofs

When hiding under the floor-boards the police search the room flipping the mattress to check under the bed. The following morning when leaving the hiding space under the floor-boards, the bed is made, whilst the home owners had been detained. See more "

Quotes

: I want a guy to show me myself. I want him to love me so deeply that I'm not afraid to show how ugly I can be. I want him to show me scars I never knew I had. But I don't want him to make them go away, I want him to hold my hand while I nurse them myself. And I want him to cherish the bruises they leave behind.
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10 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards " Cast overview, first billed only: Slim and Queen's first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer's gun and shoots him in self-defence.

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The Ferguson Unrest and Ferguson Riots were a series of several riots and protest triggered by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American, in the city of Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on August 9th, 2014. Exact details on the incident remain uncertain and continue to be disputed. Some accounts report that Brown made no threatening movements towards the officers while others state that Brown charged at Wilson and attempted to take Wilson's firearm. The police claimed that Brown was a suspect in a nearby store robbery and that the items had been spotted in his possession, prompting their action. Some witnesses said that Brown put his hands up and others said that he ran for his life. The conflicting accounts were the subject of much controversy in the following days. Several peaceful protests occurred in addition to incidents of looting and violent unrest. In anticipation of violence, a curfew was established in the area and riot squads were deployed.

Multiple investigations followed in the wake of the incident. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch began a criminal investigation into whether or not the use of lethal force was justified. U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.investigated if Brown's civil rights had been violated; Holder attempted to determine if Wilson apprehended Brown mainly due to his race. Additionally, federal investigators delved into the records of the Ferguson Police Department in an effort to determine if there were recurring issues of excessive force, discrimination, and other such improper behavior.

A grand jury was convened to decide if Officer Wilson should be charged with any crimes based on the results of the investigations. It took multiple months to reach a decision and during this time tensions in Ferguson continued to rise. Multiple protests occurred with escalating levels of violence in police response. Tears gas was used in combination with rubber bullets, smoke bombs, and flash grenades to disperse crowds of protesters. Several media reporters on the scene at the time were similarly tear gassed and there are some reports of attempts by the police to take down their cameras and suppress coverage.

The unrest reached a breaking point when on November 24, 2014, the grand jury reached the decision to not indict Wilson on any criminal charges. Many of those waiting outside the Ferguson Police Department grew violent and the situation intensified. Multiple buildings were torched and protesters hurled rocks at parked police cars. This continued into the following day when Missouri Governor Jay Nixon deployed the National Guard and reinforced law enforcement presence in the area, effectively bringing the protests to a stop.

Several more protests occurred in the following months and investigations continued into the Ferguson police department. The Justice Department issued that Ferguson revamp its criminal justice system. Shortly after, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson stepped down.

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Ferguson Riot and Ferguson Unrest (2014-2015)

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Courtesy Loavesofbread (CC BY-SA 4.0) The Ferguson Unrest and Ferguson Riots were a series of several riots and protest triggered by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American, in the city of Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on August 9th, 2014.

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Quick Facts
"I feel like I do have a responsibility to the community. The music that we create is to help free their minds and, whenever they feel oppressed, to keep them uplifted.""I've never forgotten where I come from. It's crazy, but I really want to be the one to show everyone back home that it can be done. And not by selling drugs but by being passionate about the right thing-and the right things will come your way.""The android represents a new form of the Other. And I believe we're going to be living in a world of androids by 2029. How will we all get along? Will we treat the android humanely? What type of society will it be when we're integrated? I've felt like the Other at certain points in my life. I felt like it was a universal language that we could all understand.""I want to redefine beauty and goals for young women. It's about breaking down stereotypes, fighting against oppression, trying to save the world."

Name

Janelle Monáe

Occupation

Songwriter, Singer

Birth Date

December 1, 1985 (age 34)

Did You Know?

George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson were such big fans of Janelle Monáe that they flew her out to sing at their wedding in 2013.

Education

F.L. Schlagle High School, American Musical and Dramatic Academy

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Kansas

Zodiac Sign

Sagittarius

Who Is Janelle Monáe?

Born in Kansas City in 1985, singer Janelle Monáe began performing as a child and got her big break in 2005 when she was invited by Big Boi to perform on several OutKast tracks. She was later signed by producer Sean "Puffy" Combs to his Bad Boy Records label. In 2010 her debut full-length album, The ArchAndroid, rose to No. 17 on the Billboard U.S. album chart and received a Grammy nomination. She followed up with the sophomore album The Electric Lady (2013), which featured singers Prince and Erykah Badu. Monáe branched into film, appearing in Moonlight and Hidden Figures in 2016, before releasing her third album, Dirty Computer, in April 2018.

Early Life

Singer Janelle Monáe Robinson was born on December 1, 1985, in Kansas City, Kansas. Her mother was a janitor and her father was a garbage truck driver who struggled with drug addiction throughout Monáe's childhood. "I come from a very hard working-class family who make nothing into something," she says. Monáe's hardscrabble background and early understanding of the perils of drug addiction inspired her intense drive to succeed.

"I've never forgotten where I come from," she says. "It's crazy, but I really want to be the one to show everyone back home that it can be done. And not by selling drugs but by being passionate about the right thing-and the right things will come your way." She pays homage to her parents with a signature black-and-white tuxedo she wears for every performance. "I call it my uniform," she explained. "My mother was a janitor and my father collected trash, so I wear a uniform too."

From a very young age, Monáe distinguished herself as a highly artistic and intelligent child. She stood out as a singer at the local Baptist church and appeared in local productions of musicals such as The Wiz and Cinderella. In addition to singing and performing, Monáe was also a precocious young writer. She joined Kansas City's Coterie Theater Young Playwrights' Round Table and wrote several full-length plays and musicals. One script, completed when she was only 12 years old, told the story of a boy and girl who compete for the love of a plant-an idea inspired by Stevie Wonder's 1979 album Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants. "I was infatuated with photosynthesis," she offered by way of explanation.

After graduating from F.L. Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Monáe received a scholarship to study musical theater at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, where she was the only black woman in her class. However, Monáe quickly dropped out of the Academy because she felt creatively stifled. "I wanted to write my own musicals," she recalled. "I didn't want to have to live vicariously through a character that had been played thousands of times-in a line with everybody wanting to play the same person."

Career Breakthrough

After dropping out of school, Monáe moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she lived in a boarding house with five other women and took a job working at an Office Depot. She self-produced a demo CD entitled Janelle Monáe: The Audition and relentlessly toured local colleges to perform and promote her music. It was on one such tour that Monáe met two like-minded young songwriters, Chuck Lightning and Nate Wonder. The three of them soon founded the Wondaland Arts Society, a record label and artists' collective to promote innovative music and art.

Monáe's big break came in 2005, at the age of 20, when she performed Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" at an open mic night. Big Boi, one half of the famous hip-hop duo OutKast, was in the audience and was thoroughly impressed with Monáe's performance. He featured Monáe on two tracks, "Time Will Reveal" and "Lettin' Go," from the hip-hop group Purple Ribbon All-Stars' album Got Purp? Vol. II, released later that year. A year later, in 2006, OutKast featured Monáe on two more songs, "Call the Law" and "In Your Dreams," from its popular and acclaimed album Idlewild.

Musical Successes

'Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)'

After her work on Idlewild, Monáe set out to create her own music with the help of her two partners in the Wondaland Arts Society. Her 2007 EP, Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), attracted the attention of the famous producer Diddy (Sean "Puffy" Combs), who signed Monáe to his Bad Boy Records label and released and promoted the EP. In an interview with MTV, Diddy said, "I was looking for things that were different and innovative. Because if you're a leader in this industry you want to be helping to push it forward, and she's an artist that would help to push it forward." Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) reached No. 115 on the Billboard Album Charts, and its lead single, "Many Moons," received a Grammy nomination for Best Urban/Alternative Performance.

'The ArchAndroid'

In 2010, Monáe released her debut full-length album, The ArchAndroid, which peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard U.S. album chart and featured the singles "Cold War" and "Tightrope." Based loosely on the 1927 German expressionist film Metropolis, which depicts a dystopian futuristic world, The ArchAndroid is a concept album about a robot named Cindi Mayweather in the year 2719. The album is at once a futurist sci-fi story and an allegory of African-American history.

"The android represents a new form of the Other," she says. "And I believe we're going to be living in a world of androids by 2029. How will we all get along? Will we treat the android humanely? What type of society will it be when we're integrated? I've felt like the Other at certain points in my life. I felt like it was a universal language that we could all understand." The ArchAndroid received rave reviews and earned Monáe another Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album.

With her beautiful and powerful voice and boundless creativity, Monáe became a rising star in contemporary R&B. After only having released her debut album, she received two Grammy nominations and counted Diddy, Big Boi, Bruno Mars, Prince and-reportedly-President Barack Obama among her admirers. "People that worked in his campaign have told us he is very aware of me," she said of the president. "He's a fan."

'The Electric Lady'

In 2013, Monáe released her second album, The Electric Lady, which also received rave reviews. The album stays consistent with the theme of her debut, taking listeners on a musical journey alongside Cindi Mayweather. The album, which featured appearances by fellow respected R&B artists such as Miguel, Solange, Prince and Erykah Badu, did better than its popular predecessor, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200. Monáe also gained recognition at the 2013 Billboard Women in Music event, having been given Billboard's Rising Star Award. She also made her debut as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live in October 2013.

Perhaps what most distinguishes Monáe from other young stars is her commitment to creating challenging music. "I feel like I do have a responsibility to the community," Monáe said. "The music that we create is to help free their minds and, whenever they feel oppressed, to keep them uplifted. We want the music and the vision that we have to be their choice of drug, if you will. So we need a manifesto. If we want to stay on message, we have to believe in what we're fighting for, and we do."

In February 2015, Monáe's label Wondaland Arts Society announced a joint venture with L.A. Reid's Epic Records to promote her artists, starting with the March release of Wondaland Presents: The Eephus, which features tracks by Jidenna, Roman, St. Beauty, Deep Cotton and Monáe. Billboard magazine called Monáe "a mini-mogul," recognizing her business acumen and artistry in running her own label.

'Dirty Computer'

In late February 2018, Monáe released two new singles, the Prince-influenced "Make Me Feel" and "Django Jane." Her next single, "PYNK," a collaboration with Grimes, debuted in April; a few weeks later, her long-awaited third studio album, Dirty Computer, was released and accompanied by a short film she called an "emotion picture."

Monáe later earned a Best Music Video Grammy nomination for "PYNK," as well as an Album of the Year nod for Dirty Computer. Although she didn't win in either category, she delivered one of the standout performances of the night at the 2019 awards ceremony.

Speaking Out and Coming Out

Underscoring her sense of responsibility, Monáe delivered a powerful speech at the 2018 Grammys. "We come in peace but we mean business. And to those who would dare try to silence us. We offer two words: Time's up," she said, referencing the movement for equality that rose in the wake of the sexual assault allegations roiling Hollywood.

"We say time's up for pay inequality. Time's up for discrimination. Time's up for harassment of any kind. And time's up for the abuse of power because you see it's not just going on in Hollywood, it's not just going on in Washington, it's right here in our industry. And just as we have the power to shape culture, we also have the power to undo the culture that doesn't serve us well. So let's work together."

Weeks later, Monáe addressed the longstanding rumors about her sexuality in an interview with Rolling Stone. She said that she considers herself to be pansexual, attracted to people regardless of gender identity.

"Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women, I consider myself to be a free-a-- motherf-----," she explicitly told the magazine.

Acting Projects

After voicing a character for the animated feature Rio 2 (2014), Monáe appeared in the flesh in the critically acclaimed drama Moonlight (2016). She then starred as Mary Winston-Jackson in the 2016 biopic Hidden Figures, which follows the lives of a small group of African-American women who worked as aeronautical engineers at NASA during the Space Age.

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Janelle Monáe has come out as pansexual, or attracted to all gender identities, in an interview with 'Rolling Stone.' The singer told 'The Guardian' in February that she felt "sexually liberated" following the release of her Make Me Feel music video, considered by some a bisexual anthem.

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The 51st NAACP Image Awards made the move from TV One to BET - and the move worked in its favor. The awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of people of color in television, music, literature...

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The NAACP is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. We advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America.

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The movie we were supposed to watch

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"Hidden Figures" tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Jonson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) - brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the space race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial line and inspired generations.

Directed By

Written By

Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Produced By

Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, Theodore Melfi, Peter Chernin p.g.a., Jenno Topping p.g.a.

Cast

Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali

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HIDDEN FIGURES uncovers the incredible, untold yet true story of a brilliant group of women who changed the foundations of the country for the better - by aiming for the stars.