《幸福綠皮書》男星馬赫夏拉．阿里（Mahershala Ali）和丹佐．華盛頓是唯一兩位榮獲兩座奧斯卡獎的非裔美籍演員。一起來看看馬赫夏拉．阿里在2019年「美國電影學會」向丹佐．華盛頓致敬的演說，也歡迎大家在2月22日星期六到國家圖書館和AIT文化區毅良一起觀賞兩部丹佐．華盛頓的經典電影作品《愛情至上》和《光榮戰役》。
「……想像一下，當我長大看到丹佐．華盛頓在《大兵的故事》、《光榮戰役》、《愛情至上》、《黑潮麥爾坎》中的演出時有多麼興奮！的確，在他之前已經有許多非裔美籍演員先驅，像是哈蒂．麥克丹尼爾、蓮納．荷恩、茜茜莉．泰森、薜尼．鮑迪，但是丹佐．華盛頓的出現對我們這代有著深遠的影響，當我們看到非裔美國人作為男主角登上電影最高殿堂時，那種引以為傲的感覺是難以形容的。您為我們鋪設了道路，展示了前進的方向，但最可貴的是，您的影響力不可否認地超越了種族。美國和世界各地許多不分膚色和種族的年輕人都受到您的啟發，希望有朝一日能和您一樣優秀。丹佐．華盛頓先生，謝謝您帶來這麼豐富精彩的電影作品，謝謝您讓後輩的年輕人能在今晚說：『我們能站在這裡，是因為我們站在巨人的肩膀上』。謝謝您。」
— 馬赫夏拉．阿里，2017年奧斯卡最佳男配角獎《月光下的藍色男孩》；2019年奧斯卡最佳男配角獎《幸福綠皮書》。
馬赫夏拉．阿里向丹佐．華盛頓致敬: https://bit.ly/2S5vYNB
Mahershala Ali and Denzel Washington are only African American actors to have won two Academy Awards. Check out Mahershala’s tribute to Denzel at the 2019 American Film Institute Awards and make sure to join AIT Cultural Affairs Officer Eric Aldrich at the National Central Library on Saturday for screenings of two classic Denzel Washington movies: “Mo’ Better Blues”and “Glory.”
“….Imagine, just imagine as I came of age, what it was like to see Denzel Washington in A Soldier’s Story, Glory, Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X. Yes, there were groundbreakers before—Hattie McDaniel, Lena Horne, Cicely Tyson, Sidney Poitier—but Mr. Washington’s arrival was a seismic moment for my generation. It’s hard to articulate the pride we all felt in seeing one of us as a leading man working at the highest level. [Denzel] you paved the way, you showed us the path, but what’s truly monumental is that your influence, your reach, transcends race without ever denying it. There are young people across this country and around the world of every color and ethnicity who are inspired and want to be like you. Mr. Washington, thank you for the vast and brilliant body of work, and thank you for enabling all of us of the generations that follow to say this evening, ‘we are here because we stand on the shoulders of a giant.’ Thank you, sir.”
-- Mahershala Ali, 2017 Academy Award Winner, Best Supporting Actor (Moonlight); 2019 Academy Award Winner, Best Supporting Actor (Green Book).
Mahershala Ali on Denzel Washington's Influence | AFI 2019 | TNT: https://bit.ly/2S5vYNB
