Word: spielbergism
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...never would have known of the opportunity if he hadn't received an e-mail notifying members of collegiate African student associations that Spielberg was seeking young West African males for a film on the 1839 mutiny and subsequent capture of a slave ship, La Amistad...
...easy to ascribe his buoyancy and aplomb to his recent successes. Even at Harvard, not many kids go from president of the Black Students Association to a lead role in a Spielberg film. But his cocky assurance--and his intensity--have more to do with the fact that Derrick Nana Kwesi Abaka Ashong is Ghanian, royalty at that, and knows well his responsibilities to himself, his family and his community...
People at Harvard were charmed by Ashong even before he won the role of younger brother to the lead of Spielberg's upcoming historical film, "Amistad...
Henderson, a recent Harvard grad who had actually written his thesis on the capture of the Amistad, was working closely with Spielberg on all aspects of the movie. He decided he was going to make sure this Harvard kid got some kind of part in the film...
...short list for the part of Buakey, a younger brother figure to slave rebel leader Joseph Cinque, was solidified before Spielberg even saw Ashong's tape, but the director's top choice for the part fell through at the last minute...