Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (imwieled Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; twieled fl-1 ta' Marzu 1927 – miet fil-25 ta' April 2023) kien kantant, attur u attivist Ġamajkan-Amerikan, li ppopolarizza l-mużika calypso mal-udjenzi internazzjonali fis-snin 50 tas-seklu 20. Belafonte huwa wieħed mill-ftit artisti tal-ispettaklu li ngħataw Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, u Tony (EGOT). L-iżvolta fil-karriera tiegħu waslet permezz tal-album Calypso (1956), li kien l-ewwel LP ta' artist solista li bigħ miljun kopja.

Belafonte kien magħruf l-iktar għall-kanzunetti tiegħu "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", u "Mary's Boy Child". Huwa rreġistra u kanta diversi ġeneri mużikali, fosthom blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, u standards Amerikani. Huwa ħadem ukoll f'films bħal Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), u Uptown Saturday Night (1974). Huwa għamel l-aħħar dehra tiegħu fil-film ta' Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman (2018).

Belafonte kien jikkunsidra lill-attur, kantant u attivista Paul Robeson bħala mentor, u kien qrib ħafna ta' Martin Luther King Jr. tul il-Moviment tad-Drittijiet Ċivili tas-snin 50 u 60 tas-seklu 20. Huwa kien kritiku voċiferu tal-politiki tal-amministrazzjonijiet ta' George W. Bush u Donald Trump. Belafonte kien l-ambaxxatur magħruf tal-Unjoni Amerikana tal-Libertajiet Ċivili għall-kwistjonijiet tal-ġustizzja fost iż-żgħażagħ.

Belafonte rebaħ il-Grammy Awards tliet darbiet (inkluż Grammy għas-Suċċess tul il-Ħajja tiegħu), Emmy Award u Tony Award. Fl-1989, huwa ngħata l-Unuri taċ-Ċentru Kennedy. Fl-1994 huwa ngħata l-Medalja Nazzjonali għall-Arti. Fl-2014, huwa ngħata l-Premju Umanitarju ta' Jean Hersholt fis-Sitt Akkademja tal-Premjijiet Annwali tal-Gvernaturi u fl-2022 iddaħħal fil-Klassifika tan-Nies Famużi tar-Rock and Roll fil-kategorija tal-Influwenzi Bikrin.

Discografija 
Belafonte ħareġ 30 album fl-istudjos u tmien albums f'ħin reali, u kiseb suċċess kritiku u kummerċjali.

Filmografija

Films 

 Bright Road (1953)
 Carmen Jones (1954)
 Island in the Sun (1957)
 The Heart of Show Business (film qasir tal-1957)
 The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
 Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (dokumentarju tal-1970) (narratur)
 The Angel Levine (1970)
 Buck and the Preacher (1972)
 Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
 Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (dokumentarju tal-1981)
 A veces miro mi vida (1982)
 Drei Lieder (film qasir tal-1983)
 Sag nein (dokumentarju tal-1983)
 Der Schönste Traum (dokumentarju tal-1984)
 We Shall Overcome (dokumentarju tal-1989) (narratur)
 The Player (1992) (kameo)
 Ready to Wear (1994) (kameo)
 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995)
 White Man's Burden (1995)
 Jazz '34 (1996)
 Kansas City (1996)
 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (dokumentarju tal-1998)
 Swing Vote (film televiżiv tal-1999)
 Fidel (dokumentarju tal-2001)
 XXI Century (dokumentarju tal-2003)
 Conakry Kas (dokumentarju tal-2003)
 Ladders (dokumentarju tal-2004) (narratur)
 Bobby (2006)
 Motherland (dokumentarju tal-2009)
 Sing Your Song (dokumentarju tal-2011)
 Hava Nagila: The Movie (dokumentarju tal-2013)
 BlacKkKlansman (2018)
 The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (dokumentarju tal-2020)

Televiżjoni 

 Sugar Hill Times (1949-1950)
 The Ed Sullivan Show (1953-1964)
 The Nat King Cole Show (1957)
 The Steve Allen Show (1958)
 Tonight With Belafonte (1959)
 Round Table on March on Washington (1963)
 The Danny Kaye Show (1965)
 Petula (1968)
 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968)
 The Tonight Show (1968)
 A World in Music (1969)
 Harry & Lena, For The Love Of Life (1969)
 A World in Love (1970)
 The Flip Wilson Show (1973)
 Free to Be ... You and Me (1974)
 The Muppet Show (1978)
 Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
 Don't Stop The Carnival (1985)
 After Dark (1988)
 An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
 Swing Vote (1999)
 PB&J Otter "The Ice Moose" (1999)
 Tanner on Tanner (2004)
 That's What I'm Talking About (2006) (minisensiela)
 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006) (minisensiela)
 Speakeasy, interviewing Carlos Santana (2015)

Filmati ta' kunċerti 

 En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966)
 Don't Stop The Carnival (1985)
 Global Carnival (1988)
 An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)

Teatru 

 John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)
 3 for Tonight (1955)
 Moonbirds (1959) (produttur)
 Belafonte at the Palace (1959)
 Asinamali! (1987) (produttur)

Referenzi 

Kantanti
Atturi
Twieldu fl-1927
Mietu fl-2023