{"id":289276,"date":"2011-03-04T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/jimmy-jean-louis-honoured-at-oscar-screening-party-plus-his-growing-impact-on-african-movies\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:21:19","slug":"jimmy-jean-louis-honoured-at-oscar-screening-party-plus-his-growing-impact-on-african-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/jimmy-jean-louis-honoured-at-oscar-screening-party-plus-his-growing-impact-on-african-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Jean-Louis honoured at Oscar screening party. Plus his growing impact on African movies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"53.0055962118\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Oscar_7644H.jpg\" rel=\"shadowboxpost-3895;player=img;\" title=\"Oscar_7644H\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3896\" title=\"Oscar_7644H\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/231f191144H-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>2011 African Movie Academy Awards \u2018Best Actor in a Leading Role\u2019 nominee, Jimmy Jean-Louis was honoured for his continuous work towards the rebuilding of his home country, Haiti at \u201cKiss the Stars\u201d, a Black-Tie Oscar\u00ae telecast viewing party at Clive Christian Beverly Hills last Sunday. The ceremony, which was held on Oscar night, was a celebration of 20 years of nominees and winners and presenting for the first time in the United States, the Fourth Annual Better World Awards (BWA).<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The prestigious awards are given to individuals who have shown outstanding work in the charity\/fundraising arena and particularly work which has had an impact on specific underdeveloped worlds helping children. \u00a0Jimmy Jean-Louis received the Global Humanitarian Award for his commitment to rescuing Haiti, by consistently going to his native island with volunteers and building schools. Jimmy\u2019s dedication in helping reconstruct the education facilities in Haiti has been an ongoing one through his non-profit organization \u2018Hollywood Unites for Haiti\u2019. When the cameras left, Jimmy continued making pilgrimages all year long; by hand, brick by brick he has built new schools which will have a long term effect on the future of Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jimmy\u2019s acting career is receiving lots of attention in Africa. The actor who gained mass acceptance in Africa for his role as a Nigerian in the hit romantic comedy, \u2018Phat Girlz\u2019, continues explore African movies like no other actor does in Hollywood.\u00a0 He starred in three of the movies that are currently gunning for honours at the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). These includes \u2018In America, The Soul Sister\u2019 for Best Movie in the Diaspora and \u2018Precipice\u2019 for \u2018Best Short Film\u2019.\u00a0 Jimmy\u2019s role as an abusive husband in the psychological drama, \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019, earned him a \u2018Best Actor in A Leading Role\u2019 nomination.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently in Paris shooting a movie for 5 months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Oscar_7649H.jpg\" rel=\"shadowboxpost-3895;player=img;\" title=\"Oscar_7649H\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3897\" title=\"Oscar_7649H\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ff09ecac49H-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Oscar_7689H.jpg\" rel=\"shadowboxpost-3895;player=img;\" title=\"Oscar_7689H\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3898\" title=\"Oscar_7689H\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1314038289H-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/231f191144H-300x200-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2011 African Movie Academy Awards \u2018Best Actor in a Leading Role\u2019 nominee, Jimmy Jean-Louis was honoured for his continuous work towards the rebuilding of his home country, Haiti at \u201cKiss the Stars\u201d, a Black-Tie Oscar\u00ae telecast viewing party at Clive Christian Beverly Hills last Sunday. The ceremony, which was held on Oscar night, was a celebration of 20 years of nominees and winners and presenting for the first time in the United States, the Fourth Annual Better World Awards (BWA). The prestigious awards are given to individuals who have shown outstanding work in the charity\/fundraising arena and particularly work which has had an impact on specific underdeveloped worlds helping children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jimmy Jean-Louis honoured at Oscar screening party. 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