4/5/2016
Ms.
Sophie Okonedo
Arthur
Miller’s The Crucible (Until Jul 17th 2016)
c/o
Walter Kerr Theatre
219
West 48th Street
New
York, NY 10036
Dear
Ms. Okonedo,
My
name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I enjoy your acting career in
different movies. My favorite movies that you played in were Hotel Rwanda, Skins, and Mrs. Mandela. Hotel Rwanda was a great movie because I
enjoyed learning about how Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana helped save
lives of refugees with giving them shelter in a hotel during the Rwandan
Genocide and I enjoyed learning on what his perspective including his wife’s
perspective of the Rwandan Genocide.
Also in the movie I enjoyed learning about how different refugees from
Tutsi and some moderate Hutu worked hard to trying to survive a genocide. I
thought you did a great job portraying as Tatiana Rusesabagina because I liked
on how you made Tatiana have confidence during the Rwandan Genocide and working
hard to not give up surviving. I thought
you and Mr. Don Cheadle did an excellent job making Hotel Rwanda a great movie with a great message about the need to
help refugees and to end oppression. I
wanted to say congrats on being nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress in 2004 for your role in the movie. Another movie that I liked was Mrs. Mandela. In Mrs.
Mandela, I enjoyed learning about Winnie Mandela’s life from her early
life, meeting Nelson Mandela, and working to end apartheid in South Africa. Ms. Okonedo, you did such an excellent job
portraying Mrs. Winnie Mandela because I liked on how you expanded on Mrs.
Mandela’s traits on not giving up campaigning against apartheid when her
husband was in prison or when she was arrested where she dealt with abuse.
Ms.
Okonedo, your roles in Mrs. Mandela
and in Hotel Rwanda got me really
inspired to take African History course in Winter 2012 at Washtenaw Community
College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In my African History class I enjoyed learning
about different African countries, history about how African countries where
colonized, the anti-apartheid movement, and different Africans who shaped
Africa with history. My African history teacher did emphasize about the need to
end genocide, help refugees from oppression, and many others. Another thing in my class we did was we
watched Hotel Rwanda to learn more
about the Rwandan Genocide and how two Africans from different backgrounds
worked hard to save many lives. My
future goal is to continue studying history, watch more biopic movies along
with historical drama to help me understand what the famous person did or learn
more about the different events, and learn more about how diversity plays a big
role in society.
I
strongly believe that you made a great difference in acting in different movies
especially historical based movies because you do such a great job expanding on
your character’s traits or their story of working to overcome different
struggles. You have made a great impact
on me to take a course about African History and inspire me to continue my huge
interest in history. Here is $5 as a gift to you for working hard or you can
donate it to fund the arts. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter,
working hard to make historical movies great to watch, and inspiring me. I wish
you well for the future in acting and to do well on your Broadway.
Sincerely,
Matt
Winick
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