African American Film Critics Assn. announces special honorees

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs is the recipient of the African American Film Critics Assn.'s Horizon Award

By Susan King

Dec. 2, 2013

9:19 AM

The African American Film Critics Assn. on Monday announced the winners of its 2014 Special Achievement Awards.

The Weinstein Co.'s Bob and Harvey Weinstein are the recipients of the Cinema Vanguard Award, while Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs is receiving the Horizon Award.

Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay is the winner of the Legacy Award, and Fox Searchlight senior vice president of production Zola Mashariki is the recipient of the Ashley Boone Award.

Variety film critic Justin Chang is the winner of the inaugural Roger Ebert Award.

The African American Film Critics Assn. is scheduled to present the awards at a ceremony on Jan. 31 at the Taglyn Complex in Hollywood.

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Susan King

Susan King is a former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times who specialized in Classic Hollywood stories. She also wrote about independent, foreign and studio movies and occasionally TV and theater stories. Born in East Orange, N.J., she received her master’s degree in film history and criticism at USC. She worked for 10 years at the L.A. Herald Examiner and came to work at The Times in January 1990. She left in 2016.