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词条 Dorothy A. Atabong
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  1. Career

  2. Personal

  3. Filmography and Theatre

     Film  Television  Theatre 

  4. Awards

  5. References

  6. External links

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}}Dorothy A. Atabong is an award-winning actress, writer and producer best known for Sound of Tears[1][2][3][4] for which she’s won various awards including an Africa Movie Academy Award in 2015.[5]

Career

Atabong received positive reviews for theatre productions such as Wedding Band, The Africa Trilogy[6] by Volcano Theatre, a part of Luminato Arts Festival and the Stratford Festival, The Canadian Stage Company and Studio 180 production of The Overwhelming.[7]

Atabong published a romantic novel, The Princess of Kaya, in 2002, which she later adapted into a screenplay.[8] Her feature length script, Daisy’s Heart, won Best Low Budget Script at the 2011 Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto.[9] She also wrote, produced and starred in Sound of Tears, a short film which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film won the 2015 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Short[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and also garnered a Platinum Remi at the 48th WorldFest Houston Film Festival.[18]

TV appearances include the award winning television series Mayday, Ocean Landing (African Hijack) for the Discovery Channel; The Next Generation and The Line for The Movie Network. Atabong also starred in Glo, a part of The Africa Trilogy[19] directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo, and led a cast of 11 in the role of Julia in the acclaimed play Wedding Band by Alice Childress.[20] Other roles include The Studio 180 and Canadian Stage Company production of The Overwhelming by J. T. Rogers, and Theatre Awakening’s production of In Darfur at Theatre Passe Muraille for SummerWorks, for which she won the Emerging Artist Award.[21]

Personal

Atabong married in 2008 and has two sons, one born in 2011 the other in 2015. In 2013 Atabong appeared on the CBC Radio show Metro Morning with Matt Galloway to discuss the problem of family violence against women, and her film Sound Of Tears for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6, 2013.[22]

Filmography and Theatre

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Sound of TearsAminaProducer, Writer, Director
2010DreamtAmandaCo-Producer, 1st Assistant Director
2008If OnlyMother
2006Nancy Loves Miss BrownMiss BrownCalgary International Film Festival
2006Dollar VanMrs. Lebbie
2003Mutant Swinger from MarsDancer
2002One NightSawudatuProducer, Writer
2000ImpactHotel Receptionist

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012The Next GenerationNurse OliviaEpisode: "Say It Ain't So"
2009The LineMrs. Douglas2 Episodes
2006Air Emergency Mayday - African HijackFlight AttendantEpisode: Ocean Landing
2001NYPD BlueWaitressEpisode: Cops and Robber

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010The OverwhelmingElise KayitesiThe Canadian Stage Company, Toronto
2010The Africa TrilogyLydiaThe Fleck Dance Theatre Harbourfront, Toronto
2008In DarfurHawaTheatre Passe Muraille
2001Joe Turner's Come and GoneMattieTheatre in the Park, New York City
1999AngeliqueManonDetroit Repertory Theatre

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2008Summerworks Emerging Artist AwardsBest ActressIn Darfur{{Won}}
2011Female Eye Film FestivalBest Low Budget ScriptDaisy's Heart{{Won}}
2015Africa Movie Academy AwardsBest Diaspora ShortSound of Tears{{Won}}
2015WorldFest Houston Platinum Remi AwardsBest Short FilmSound of Tears{{Won}}
2015Pan African Film Festival Los AngelesBest Short FilmSound of Tears{{Nom}}
2015Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf AwardsBest Director and Best Live Action Short FilmSound of Tears{{Nom}}

References

1. ^"Sound of Tears", Fern TV, 2015 Feb. 26, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
2. ^Sound of Tears: nominated at the Pan-African Film Festival of Los Angeles Africa Top Success 2015 Jan. 30, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
3. ^Cameroonian-Canadian film explores arranged marriage Screen Africa, 2015 Jan. 29, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
4. ^Short Film About Forbidden Love & Honor Killings ‘Sound Of Tears’ (Fundraising) IndieWire, 2013 Nov. 13, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
5. ^11th Africa Movie Academy Awards Announces Winners ArtMatters.Info, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
6. ^Luminato: The Africa Trilogy Triumphs Torontoist, June 18, 2010. Retrieved Oct. 15, 2015.
7. ^Preview: The Overwhelming Now Toronto, March 3, 2010. Retrieved Oct. 12, 2015.
8. ^The Princess Of Kaya{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} AuthorsDen, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
9. ^Peach, Plum Pear Best In Show Winner + 9th Female Eye Film Festival Winners Vimooz, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
10. ^AMAA Awards in Port Elizabeth {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071229/http://test.capefilmcommission.com/amaa-awards-in-port-elizabeth/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} South African Film Commission 2015 Sept. 29, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 13
11. ^SA film is iNumber Number 1 for effects {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013001306/http://www.grocotts.co.za/content/arts-sa-film-inumber-number-1-effects-01-10-2015# |date=2015-10-13 }} Grocotts Mail 2015 Oct. 1, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 13
12. ^Nigeria: AMAA 2015, Unraveling New African Talents All Africa 2015 Oct. 2, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 13
13. ^Nelson Mandela Bay Rolled Out the Red Carpet for AMAA 2015 Nelson Mandela Bay 2015 Sept. 30, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 13
14. ^2015 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Winners Nolly Silver Screen, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 13
15. ^Afolayan's October 1, Makun’s 30 days in Atlanta win at AMAA, Silver Bird TV 2015 Sept. 27, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 13
16. ^At The Montreal World Film Festival From August 21 TO September 1, 2014 FFM-Montreal, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
17. ^Africa Movie Academy Awards winners 2015 Screen Africa 2015 Sept. 30, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
18. ^Interview With Dorothy Atabong, Ckoment Publishing, 2015 July 27, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
19. ^[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2010/06/13/africa_trilogy_bold_and_insightful_theatre.html Africa Trilogy: Bold and insightful theatre] The Star, 2010 June 13, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
20. ^Wedding Band - Show Details Toronto Live Theatre, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12
21. ^Summerworked It Now Toronto August 20, 2008. Retrieved Oct. 12, 2015
22. ^Sound of Tears CBC Toronto, 2015 Dec. 5, Retrieved 2015 Oct. 12

External links

  • Official Website
  • {{IMDb name|2206153}}
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