Stories from Hattie’s incredible life — Category: Biography
Hattie McDaniel’s life story.
Swing, Sass, and Soul: Hattie’s Musical Magic
Long before Hattie McDaniel became the first Black Oscar winner, she was a singer — a blueswoman, a radio voice, a master of timing and tone. Her songs in Show Boat and Thank Your Lucky Stars reveal the artist behind the legend: funny, fierce, with a beautiful voice.
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Denver 9 News Story: Hattie’s Legacy Maintained by Relative
Watch the story where Kevin John Goff talks about maintaining Hattie’s legacy in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kevin is featured at History Colorado Center for their Rosenberry Lecture Series followed by a…
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CBS Colorado News: Hattie made home in Colorado
Kevin John Goff was interviewed on CBS News Colorado about Hattie’s legacy in Fort Collins and how she had so many talents in addition to her amazing acting and the…
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Academy Conversations: Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar
Watch a conversation with Jacqueline Stewart the Director and President of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with Phyllis Rashad, actress and President of Howard University. They discuss the reissue of…
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Article on How Hattie’s Oscar was Restored
Director and President of the Academy Museum Jacqueline Stewart and McDaniel’s great-grandnephew Kevin John Goff take EW behind the efforts to replace McDaniel’s lost award in Entertainment Weekly’s Article How…
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Interview with Kevin on Denver 7 News
Kevin was interviewed on February 1st, 2024 by Mica Smith of Denver7 News called Preserving Black History, where they talk about Hattie’s home in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Watch Recording of Hattie’s Come Home Ceremony
Ms. McDaniel was the first black performer to win the Oscar at the 1940 Academy Awards for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind. Ms. McDaniel bequeathed her Best Supporting…
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Death on the Lot, Episode 6: The Change Agent (Released June 29, 2023)
New York, NY – May 18, 2023 – Academy Award-winner Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries and Sony Music Entertainment today announced Death on the Lot, a new eight-episode podcast series that will spotlight the untimely deaths…
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The Hattie McDaniel Project
Kevin John Goff will be working with the non-profit, the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame (CWHF), on a film about his great-grandaunt, Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel. Mr. Goff will be…
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Hattie McDaniel: A Reflective Life
Hattie McDaniel’s great-grandnephew, actor/producer Kevin John Goff, is currently working on a book on Ms. McDaniel. The book, Hattie McDaniel: A Reflective Life, will be released in the 1st Quarter…
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