Stories from Hattie’s incredible life — Category: Legacy
Projects regarding Hattie’s legacy
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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Tallgrass Film Festival to honor the legacy of Hattie McDaniel
Learn more about the Tallgrass Film Festival honoring Hattie as well as Wichita media celebrating her! Kevin John Goff Hattie McDaniel’s nephew shares about his aunt, poem he wrote about…
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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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Watch Gone with the Wind in Theatres in April!
We are excited to announce a partnership with Fathom Events to help share Hattie’s story for the screenings of Gone with the Wind celebrating the 85th Anniversary. Fathom will be…
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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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Hattie McDaniel’s Academy Award to be Reissued!
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences will be reissuing Hattie McDaniel’s Academy Award, which went missing over 50+ years ago after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,…
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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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