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3/9/2016
Ms.
Lupita Nyong’o
“Eclipsed”
c/o
John Golden Theatre
252
West 45th Street
New
York, NY 10036
Dear
Ms. Nyong’o,
My
name is Matt Winick with a strong interest in studying history and I’m a fan of
your work as an actress and as an activist. In 12
Years of a Slave, I thought you did a great job playing Patsey because I
liked on how you made Patsey a strong character who works hard to overcome her
struggles as a slave during the Civil
War era and how she develops a friendship with Solonom when he gets captured
where he is put into slavery. 12 Years of Slave was a great movie
because I enjoyed learning about how slaves struggled in slavery in the Civil
War and learning about Solomon including Patsey’s life with their
struggles. Also the movie really showed
about the need to not repeat the same mistakes in the past and a strong need to
end slavery to help give people equal opportunity. Ms. Nyong’o, I enjoyed
watching Shuga, an MTV drama show where
it talks about the need to reduce HIV/AIDs and ways to prevent it in
Africa. Your documentary In My Genes that you directed was great
because it did a great job explaining about Kenya, express the need to end
discrimination in Kenya, and how the Kenya albino population in Kenya are being
discriminated. In My Genes, I liked on
how you gave people who are discriminated due to a simple genetic anomaly a
chance to share their story about how they work hard on overcoming different
struggles. Besides your work as an actress
and as a producer, I find your activism truly inspiring to me. I like on how
you advocate to help protect elephants globally from being hunted by poachers,
working with WildAid organization to help educate the world about the need to
protect the environment including wildlife with endangered species, and advocating
in Kenya for equal rights including women’s rights, and funding
on the arts.
Your
work in 12 Years of Slave got me
really interested in trying to read the book to continue learning about what
slavery was like. Also your role in that movie gave me motivation to continue
studying American History to learn not to repeat the same mistakes in the past,
understand to need to advance on Civil Rights including equal rights to reduce
discrimination, have diversity to make society better, and many others. Your work on creating the documentary In My Genes, starring in Shuga MTV show, and being an activist to
help Africa especially Kenya including the world really got me interested to
take a course at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan called
African History. In my African History
class, I enjoy learning about different countries in Africa, history of how it
was colonized by other countries which later changed, different rulers of
African countries, and how discrimination in Africa causes problem. I enjoyed taking the class and had fun
learning about African History. My
future goal is to use history as a tool to teach people about the
need to improve society with having equal rights to reduce discrimination or
work in a museum to find ways to make education with history easy to motivate
people to learn.
Ms.
Nyong’o, I strongly believe that you make a great difference as an actress and
as an activist to make society including history a better place. You and your work inspire me to continue learning
history and understand the need to end discrimination to give people who are
different equal rights. Here is $5 as a donation for you to use to help Kenya
and Africa get the care they need. Thanks for taking the time to read my
letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. I wish you
well on your Broadway “Eclipsed.”
Sincerely,
Matt
Winick
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