54 Years Late (Director: Michele Wise Wright) was nominated for a 2022 Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Short Film for the docudrama.
The Black Reel Awards, or BRAs, is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) to recognize excellence of African Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora, in the global film industry, as assessed by the foundation’s voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially called the Black Reel Award. The awards, first presented in 2000 in Washington, DC, are overseen by FAAAF.
54 Years Late (Michele Wise Wright) joined an esteemed lineup of other incredible nominees including: The Harder They Fall (Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kid Cudi, James Lassiter, Jeymes Samuel, Regina King, Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, LaKeith Stanfield), King Richard (Will Smith), The Tragedy of MacBeth (Denzel Washington), Passing (Forest Whitaker, Rebecca Hall, Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga), Bruised (Halle Berry, H.E.R.), Respect (Jennifer Hudson), West Side Story (Steven Spielberg, Rita Moreno), The French Dispatch (Jeffrey Wright), Candyman (Jordan Peele, Nia DaCosta), In the Heights (Anthony Ramos), The Water Man (David Oyelowo), Maya Rudolph (Luca / The Mitchells vs. the Machines), Vivo (Zoe Saldana), and Coming 2 America (Ruth E. Carter) – among many others.
The 22nd Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2022, took place on February 28, 2022,and streamed on blackreelawards.com. The film nominations were announced on December 16, 2021, and led by The Harder They Fall with 20 nominations, thus breaking the record of most nominations previously held by Black Panther, which received 17 nominations in 2018. At 90 years old, Rita Moreno became the oldest nominee of any category after receiving a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress for West Side Story.
Dr. Michele Wright wholeheartedly notes, “I am most ecstatic to have had the indeed honor and privilege to serve as the Writer, Director, and Executive Producer of 54 Years Late. But there would be no 54 Years Late without the powerful story and gut-wrenching journey of my amazing husband and Executive Producer, Terry Gene Wright, who surreally endured 54 years of being seen by an array of healthcare practitioners, enduring countless hospitalizations and surgeries, and suffering from indescribable pain before finally being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Nor would 54 Years Late have come to fruition without those who humbly and graciously came to the table to make it happen, including: Shawna Linzy (Producer, Actress, Music Supervisor, and Theme Song – “Everything”), Roger Robinson (Director of Photography/Videography), David Weekley (Editor), Amy Hester (Production and Set Designer), Judah Ivory (Actor), Davaga Ivory (Actress), Wesley Peters (Actor), Teara Walls (Actress), Monica Wise (Actress), Abdullah Syed (Actor), Ryan Norris (Actor), and Timothy Linzy (Actor).”
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To date, 54 Years Late has won accolades from more than 50 film festivals. Please visit the 54 Years Late website for a full list of awards and cast members and to watch this docudrama. You can also stream on Vimeo at vimeo.com/ondemand/54yearslate.
