Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong’o, the stars of the drama “12 Years a Slave” were nominated for Independent Spirit Awards. Ejiofor was nominated for Best Male Lead for his role as Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery and is up against Matthew McConaughey who plays a HIV-positive rodeo cowboy in “Dallas Buyers Club” and Michael B. Jordan for the movie “Fruitvale Station.”
Lupita Nyong’O
Newcomer Nyong’o will battle for the Best Supporting Female Lead against Yolonda Ross, for her impressive part in the John Sayles directed drama “Go for Sisters.” James Gandolfini received a posthumous nomination as supporting male for his performance as a divorced man getting a second chance at love in “Enough Said.” The other nominees in that category are Michael Fassbender for “12 Years a Slave,” a movie which collected seven nominations.
Yolonda Ross in a scene from John Sayles’ Go for Sisters (Photo by John Castillo)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
For best international film, the nominees were China’s “A Touch of Sin,” “France’s Blue Is the Warmest Color,” Chile’s “Gloria,” Italy’s “The Great Beauty” and Denmark’s “The Hunt.”
Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps, Lupita Nyong’o as Patsey & Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup
The Independent Spirit Awards will take place March 1st, 2014.
Samantha Ofole-Prince is a journalist and movie critic who covers industry-specific news that includes television and film. She serves as the Entertainment Editor for Trendy Africa.
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