Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has had plenty of success but is always looking to challenge himself in new ways. This year, the Oakland, California, native earned his first Emmy nomination as an executive producer, for Amy Schatz’s documentary We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest.
The doc, nominated for outstanding children’s program, follows hundreds of kids participating in a public speaking competition where they perform poetry and speeches inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.
Ali also embarked on a "transformative" journey for his second acting Emmy nomination with his guest role on Hulu’s comedy series Ramy, as Sheikh Ali Malik, the leader of a Sufi mosque.
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