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NC Film Festival to Honor Pam Grier

Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:32 AM EDT
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This is a 1974 photo of actress Pam Grier at an unknown location. Grier will be honored next month during a North Carolina film festival. The Winston-Salem Journal reports Thursday March 27, 2008 that Grier will receive a master of cinema award during the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem. The festival runs April 23-28. (AP Photo/FILE)

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— Pam Grier will be honored next month during a North Carolina film festival.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Grier will receive a master of cinema award during the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem. The festival runs April 23-28.

Grier is a Winston-Salem native who appears in the Showtime series "The L Word." She's best known for starring in blaxploitation movies in the 1970s.

Grier was born in Winston-Salem in 1949. Her family later settled in Colorado, where Grier graduated from high school.

Bill Pullman will also receive the award. He's appeared in "Independence Day," "While You Were Sleeping" and other movies.

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Pam Grier is the most underrated actress of the Baby Boomer generation. Not all of her movies are good, but Ms. Grier provides excellent performances in all of her movies.

    Reply#1 - Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:42 AM EDT
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