Congratulations, actor, and comedian Eddie Murphy received an honor at the Celebration of Black Cinema at the Landmark Annex in Los Angeles on December 2, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
When John Singleton helped cut the trailer for ‘Boyz n the Hood’, he purposely enticed audiences with the majority of the film’s gunplay and violence, hooking potential moviegoers without focusing on the father-son relationship that the film is actually about.