[BlackTree TV- New York] Jamaal Finkley sits down with Lupita Nyong'o and Alfre Woodard to talk about their roles in the new movie that's a powerful Oscar contender 12 Years A Slave

This winter, LUPITA NYONG'O (Patsey) will co-star alongside Liam Neeson, Michelle Dockery and Julianne Moore in the thriller NON-STOP. This film is slated for a February 28, 2014 release by Universal Pictures.
The Kenyan actress is also a filmmaker, having served as the creator, director, editor, and producer of the award-winning feature-length documentary, IN MY GENES. The documentary follows eight individual Kenyans who have one thing in common: they were born with albinism, a genetic condition that causes a lack of pigmentation. In many parts of Africa, including Kenya, it is a condition that marginalizes, stigmatizes, and even endangers those who have it. Though highly visible in a society that is predominantly black, the reality of living with albinism is invisible to most. Through her intimate portraits, Nyong'o enables us see their challenges, humanity, and everyday triumphs.
A graduate of the Yale School of Drama's acting program, Nyong'o's stage credits include playing 'Perdita' in The Winter's Tale (Yale Repertory Theater), 'Sonya' in Uncle Vanya, 'Katherine' in The Taming of the Shrew, as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's Elijah.

ALFRE WOODARD'S (Mistress Shaw) work as an actor has earned her an Oscar nomination, four Emmy Awards and sixteen Emmy nominations, three SAG Awards and a Golden Globe. Woodard also enjoys philanthropic work and currently serves on the National Film Preservation Foundation Board, as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences International Outreach Committee.
Woodard's illustrious body of work includes her Oscar nominated performance in Martin Ritt's CROSS CREEK; HBO's "Mandela," where she was honored with an ACE award for her portrayal of 'Winnie Mandela'; Lawrence Kasdan's GRAND CANYON; John Sayles' PASSION FISH; Joseph Sargent's MISS EVERS' BOYS, for which she won an Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award; Spike Lee's CROOKLYN; Gina Prince-Bythewood's LOVE AND BASKETBALL; Tyler Perry's THE FAMILY THAT PREYS; Maya Angelou's DOWN IN THE DELTA; played Betty
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Applewhite on the ABC drama "Desperate Housewives" and Ruby Jean Reynolds, mother to Lafayette Reynolds, on HBO's megahit "True Blood."
Most recently, Woodard co-starred in Lifetime's hit remake of "Steel Magnolias" in which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and won a NAACP Image Award for her performance as 'Ouiser.' She will next be seen in a reoccurring role in the BBC America series "Copper."
In addition to her acting career, Woodard is a long-time activist, currently serving on The Creative Coalition, as well as co-founding "Artists for a New South Africa," a non-profit working to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, and further the cause of Democracy and Human rights in South Africa. In 2008, Woodard served as a national surrogate for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, and in 2009, was appointed by President Barack Obama to the "President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities."

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