RIP John Singleton...
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nooshinjohn
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Great director, and from all accounts an equally great human being.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/director-john-singleton-dead-at-51
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/director-john-singleton-dead-at-51
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A great talent. He was brave and pushing the edge of the comfort zone, before it was cool to do so.
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Rip.
BNTH was a classic for me. I lived in the hood so those movies were always a hit in my crowd.
Great visionary -
R.I.P. Mr. Singleton
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so, so young
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What a loss to all of humanity. RIP
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A major loss, but his star "burned out hard and bright" in the words of Ryan Adams, and he actually made a difference in the world. Not too many of us can say that...
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Great person and filmmaker. I have no idea how all these years I missed the fact that he has five kids. I though he only had 2.
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touching 1990 interview/piece with John Singleton from WBUR/NPR's Here and Now.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/02/john-singleton-boyz-n-the-hood
(audio's not up yet but will be soon; this segment just aired)