2023 Legacy Awards: First Four Recipients Announced Including Jully Black And Director X

etcanada.com:

The first four recipients of the 2023 Legacy Awards have been revealed. On Tuesday, the founders of The Black Academy – actors, producers and Scarborough-born brothers, Shamier Anderson and Stephan James – alongside Insight Productions and CBC, announced the first four Canadian stars set to receive their flowers at the second annual awards show: Canadian screen industry godmother Tonya Williams; legendary filmmaker Julien Christian Lutz, better known as Director X; platinum-selling artist Jully Black; and rising star Lu Kala. READ MORE: ET Canada’s Keshia Chanté To Host The 2023 Legacy Awards With Shamier Anderson And Stephan James ET Canada’s multi-talented Keshia Chanté is set to host the live 90-minute event – featuring performances, award presentations and tributes honouring Black Canadian talent – from History in Toronto.

A limited number of tickets will be available to the general public beginning tomorrow (Wednesday, August 30) by visiting Ticketmaster.

In the coming weeks, additional honourees, performers and presenters will be announced before the awards ceremony airs on CBC and CBC Gem on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 8 p.m. READ MORE: The Next Generation Of Black Canadian Talent Celebrated At The First-Ever Legacy Awards “Honouring Jully, Tonya, X, and Lu is a no brainer for The Legacy Awards,” said Shamier Anderson , co-founder of The Black Academy — a Canadian organization that operates at the intersection of Black popular culture and social justice — and executive producer of The Legacy Awards. “This year’s recipients all perfectly embody what we stand for: they epitomize Black excellence and are at the top of their game in their respective fields.” Anderson’s brother, fellow co-founder of The Black