Chadwick Boseman has won a Critics Choice Award. The late actor received the Critics Choice Award on Sunday night for his role in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.
Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, emotionally accepted the award on his behalf, stressing the importance of Black voices telling Black stories. “You know it has to be said aloud that for those of us who know Chad intimately, personally, professionally, those he taught, those he gave a word for advice, those who taught him: it is so hard to find a celebratory feeling in these moments.
As proud as we are of him, yes for his work, but even more just for who he is as a person, but his work deserves this. His work in this film deserves this — he deserves this,” Ledward said.
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