Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (imwieled Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; twieled fl-1 ta' Marzu 1927 – miet fil-25 ta' April 2023) kien kantant, attur u attivist Ġamajkan-Amerikan, li ppopolarizza l-mużika calypso mal-udjenzi internazzjonali fis-snin 50 tas-seklu 20. Belafonte huwa wieħed mill-ftit artisti tal-ispettaklu li ngħataw Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, u Tony (EGOT). L-iżvolta fil-karriera tiegħu waslet permezz tal-album Calypso (1956), li kien l-ewwel LP ta' artist solista li bigħ miljun kopja.
Belafonte kien magħruf l-iktar għall-kanzunetti tiegħu "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", u "Mary's Boy Child". Huwa rreġistra u kanta diversi ġeneri mużikali, fosthom blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, u standards Amerikani. Huwa ħadem ukoll f'films bħal Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), u Uptown Saturday Night (1974). Huwa għamel l-aħħar dehra tiegħu fil-film ta' Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman (2018).
Belafonte kien jikkunsidra lill-attur, kantant u attivista Paul Robeson bħala mentor, u kien qrib ħafna ta' Martin Luther King Jr. tul il-Moviment tad-Drittijiet Ċivili tas-snin 50 u 60 tas-seklu 20. Huwa kien kritiku voċiferu tal-politiki tal-amministrazzjonijiet ta' George W. Bush u Donald Trump. Belafonte kien l-ambaxxatur magħruf tal-Unjoni Amerikana tal-Libertajiet Ċivili għall-kwistjonijiet tal-ġustizzja fost iż-żgħażagħ.[1]
Belafonte rebaħ il-Grammy Awards tliet darbiet (inkluż Grammy għas-Suċċess tul il-Ħajja tiegħu), Emmy Award u Tony Award. Fl-1989, huwa ngħata l-Unuri taċ-Ċentru Kennedy. Fl-1994 huwa ngħata l-Medalja Nazzjonali għall-Arti. Fl-2014, huwa ngħata l-Premju Umanitarju ta' Jean Hersholt fis-Sitt Akkademja tal-Premjijiet Annwali tal-Gvernaturi[2] u fl-2022 iddaħħal fil-Klassifika tan-Nies Famużi tar-Rock and Roll fil-kategorija tal-Influwenzi Bikrin.[3]
Discografija
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]Belafonte ħareġ 30 album fl-istudjos u tmien albums f'ħin reali, u kiseb suċċess kritiku u kummerċjali.
Filmografija
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]Films
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]- Bright Road (1953)
- Carmen Jones (1954)
- Island in the Sun (1957)
- The Heart of Show Business (film qasir tal-1957)
- The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (dokumentarju tal-1970) (narratur)
- The Angel Levine (1970)
- Buck and the Preacher (1972)
- Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
- Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (dokumentarju tal-1981)
- A veces miro mi vida (1982)
- Drei Lieder (film qasir tal-1983)
- Sag nein (dokumentarju tal-1983)
- Der Schönste Traum (dokumentarju tal-1984)
- We Shall Overcome (dokumentarju tal-1989) (narratur)
- The Player (1992) (kameo)
- Ready to Wear (1994) (kameo)
- Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995)
- White Man's Burden (1995)
- Jazz '34 (1996)
- Kansas City (1996)
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (dokumentarju tal-1998)
- Swing Vote (film televiżiv tal-1999)
- Fidel (dokumentarju tal-2001)
- XXI Century (dokumentarju tal-2003)
- Conakry Kas (dokumentarju tal-2003)
- Ladders (dokumentarju tal-2004) (narratur)
- Bobby (2006)
- Motherland (dokumentarju tal-2009)
- Sing Your Song (dokumentarju tal-2011)
- Hava Nagila: The Movie (dokumentarju tal-2013)
- BlacKkKlansman (2018)
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (dokumentarju tal-2020)
Televiżjoni
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]- Sugar Hill Times (1949-1950)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1953-1964)
- The Nat King Cole Show (1957)
- The Steve Allen Show (1958)
- Tonight With Belafonte (1959)
- Round Table on March on Washington (1963)
- The Danny Kaye Show (1965)
- Petula (1968)
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968)
- The Tonight Show (1968)
- A World in Music (1969)
- Harry & Lena, For The Love Of Life (1969)
- A World in Love (1970)
- The Flip Wilson Show (1973)
- Free to Be ... You and Me (1974)
- The Muppet Show (1978)
- Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
- Don't Stop The Carnival (1985)
- After Dark (1988)
- An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
- Swing Vote (1999)
- PB&J Otter "The Ice Moose" (1999)
- Tanner on Tanner (2004)
- That's What I'm Talking About (2006) (minisensiela)
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006) (minisensiela)
- Speakeasy, interviewing Carlos Santana (2015)
Filmati ta' kunċerti
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]- En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966)
- Don't Stop The Carnival (1985)
- Global Carnival (1988)
- An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
Teatru
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]- John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)
- 3 for Tonight (1955)
- Moonbirds (1959) (produttur)
- Belafonte at the Palace (1959)
- Asinamali! (1987) (produttur)
Referenzi
[immodifika | immodifika s-sors]- ^ "ACLU Artist Ambassador Project". American Civil Liberties Union (bl-Ingliż). Arkivjat minn l-oriġinal fl-2019-07-20. Miġbur 2023-04-26.
- ^ "Reuters | Breaking International News & Views". Reuters (bl-Ingliż). Miġbur 2023-04-26.
- ^ "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces 14 inductees for 2022: Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Eminem, Duran Duran make the list". wkyc.com (bl-Ingliż). Miġbur 2023-04-26.