Black Movie Awards

• 2006
• Events & Specials
• TVPG

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Tyler Perry hosts the annual gala saluting achievement by blacks in cinema. Cicely Tyson is set to receive the Distinguished Career Achievement Award, while Laurence Fishburne gets the Excellence in Arts Award, and Spike Lee is presented with the Ossie Davis Humanitarian Award. Also: the 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues" is inducted into the Classic Cinema Hall of Fame. Presenters include Oprah Winfrey, Kimberly Elise, Angela Bassett and Ruby Dee. Taped Oct. 15, 2006, at L.A.'s Wiltern Theatre.