Djimon Hounsou is a Beninese-American actor born on April 24, 1964. He started his career in music videos before debuting in the film ‘Without You I’m Nothing’ (1990). He gained fame for his role as ...

“They only gave me a couple of pages of dialogue. I thought it was an audition for an extra role,” actor Djimon Hounsou said this afternoon when quizzed on his 1997 breakout, Amistad, during a keynote ...

Hounsou’s ex-girlfriend, Riza Simpson, allegedly assaulted him in December and was arrested last week on Friday. An ongoing alleged assault case involving Djimon Hounsou and his ex-girlfriend came to ...

Ruth E. Carter continues to set milestones for Black women at the Oscars. The legendary artisan earned her fifth Oscar nomination for best costume design for her work in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners.” The ...

A film screening and discussion of “Amistad” (1997). Step back in time for a screening of the critically acclaimed historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg. Explore local history and global … ...

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Some of the artist’s best-known works will gain a wider audience, and the college is put on a sound financial footing. Hale Woodruff, The Mutiny on the Amistad (1939). Historical Collection of ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - A new exhibit at the New Haven Museum offers a fresh perspective on the Amistad revolt of 1839, which officials say led to the first human rights trial in the United States ...

HAMPTON, Virginia ‒ As a child, Djimon Hounsou played soccer on the beaches of his native Benin, a small country in West Africa. He didn't know then that those same beaches had been a “path of no ...

The Amistad Research Center's executive director Kathe Hambrick did something she didn't want to do earlier this summer: She told half of her staff she couldn't afford to keep them on. Forty percent ...

Months after federal cuts threatened the future of the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, one of the nation’s oldest Black historical archives, the organization has raised enough money to stay ...