(CNN) — Having grown up in the West African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou ... When Hounsou landed his leading role in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film “Amistad,” the ...
Actor Djimon Hounsou wants to bridge the gap between ... and I’m realizing that systemic racism was in all things you see.” Hounsou, who first made a splash in Steven Spielberg’s famous slave epic ...
when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon ... Hounsou told CNN. “I felt this profound disconnect with African Americans,” he added. When Hounsou landed his leading role in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 ...
(CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon ... transatlantic slave trade in the Upper South of the US. Hounsou set the tone ...