E-mail a friendJune 22, 2006
Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about the positive face of Africa. Actor Thomas Haden Church comments on his upcoming TV and film projects.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a two-time Emmy- and Peabody-winning journalist with more than 40 years in the business. After beginning her career with The New Yorker, she spent 20 years with PBS, worked for CNN in Johannesburg and has had two stints at NPR. The South Carolina native made history as the first African American woman to attend and graduate from the University of Georgia and wrote of her experience in her memoir, In My Place. Her new book, New News Out of Africa, reveals the good news from the continent.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church has worked on both sides of the camera. His acting credits include TV's Wings and the miniseries, Broken Trail—for which he won an Emmy—and the features Spanglish and Sideways—a part he was offered after planning to quit acting and for which he won an Oscar nod. Rolling Kansas marked his directorial debut. The Texas native began his show biz career as a radio deejay and doing voiceovers. After college graduation, he moved West to hone his skills. Church is next up in the film, Smart People.