https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4 Jacob Mucha en-us 2021-03-03 01:24:46 UTC 2021-03-08 00:03:21 UTC hello@padlet.com jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261507130 2021-03-03 01:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261507130 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261510930 -Gina Prince-Bythewood was born June 10, 1969.
-She attended UCLA's film school.
-At UCLA, she received the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates.


]]> 2021-03-03 01:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261510930 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261521159 -She began working as a TV show writer early in her filmmaking career.
-She wrote for the TV shows "A Different World" and "South Central" that premiered in the late 1980's and the early 1990's.
-She then started to direct films, which her first one was "Love & Basketball" which premiered in 2000.]]> 2021-03-03 01:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261521159 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261522437 -Gina Prince-Bythhewood has produced many significant films throughout her filmmaking career.
-Some of her most significant and popular films are "Love & Basketball" (2000), "The Secret Life Of Bees" (2008), and "The Old Guard" (2020).]]> 2021-03-03 01:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261522437 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261523659 -The film "Love & Basketball" is Gina Prince-Bythewood's first directed film.
Summary: The film is about two teenagers named Monica and Quincy. The were always fighting growing up and wanted to play in the NBA. They ended up falling in love with each other through high school.They ended up breaking up in college as Quincy had some family problems, but they meet again and end up getting married after they play a one-on-one basketball game. 
-The significance of this film is that this was her first directed film and this took her film directing career to a new beginning.]]> 2021-03-03 01:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261523659 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261525896 Summary: Lily Owen's mother was killed when she was 4. She becomes friends with Rosaleen. She treats her like a mother. Rosaleen is then arrested. Lily becomes sad and tries to save Rosaleen and herself. Lily breaks Rosaleen out of jail and they escape. They are taken in by 3 sisters and ultimately want to find out what happened to her mother.
Significance: This film premiered at the Toronto International film festival and Urbanworld film festival in the same year.]]> 2021-03-03 01:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261525896 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261527507 Summary: Andy and their crew accept a job to rescue a group of kidnapped girls. They were ambushed and set up by Copley. Copley finds out and wants to capture the team. They hide out and are ambushed. Joe and Nicky were captured. Andy and Booker then confront Copley. For Booker's betrayal they don;t want to hear from him again.  
Significance: This is her biggest production since the film Love & Basketball. This was her first superhero film that went on to be one of her best films yet, as it is on Netflix and has made her millions of dollars.]]> 2021-03-03 01:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261527507 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261531342 -Gina Prince-Bythewood has received 15 nominations so far throughout her directing and filmmaking career. 
- For 11 of the nominations she won awards for.
-The 4 nominations that she didn't win awards for are:
-2021 Best Director (Saturn Award) The Old Guard
-2017 Black Reel Award for television
-1996 Daytime Emmy Award
-2015 Image Award

]]> 2021-03-03 01:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261531342 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261532222 -She is known for showing the humanity in all her characters in her films.
-She focuses on people of color in her films.]]> 2021-03-03 01:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261532222 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261533005 -In an interview, Gina Prince-Bythewood said that there may be a sequel coming up for "The Old Guard".
-Also, for TV, she will be the director of the show "Women of the Movement", which is set to premier sometime in 2021.]]> 2021-03-03 01:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1261533005 jmucha2 https://padlet.com/jmucha2/lmfnqhxqnus7aax4/wish/1266632427 -Gina Prince-Bythewood has received 11 awards so far throughout her directing and filmmaking career. 
-2014 AAFCA Award for Best Screenplay (Beyond the Lights)
-2015 Athena List Winner
-2008 Best Director (The Secret Life of Bees)
-2008 Best Screenplay (The Secret Life of Bees)
-2001 Best Theatrical Director (Love & Basketball)
-2014 Artistic Achievement Award (Beyond the Lights)
-2009 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Award
-2001 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay (Love & Basketball)
-2000 Humanitas Prize Winner
-2021 Image Award
-2009 Image Award

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