"Remembering Oscar-nominated Director John Singleton" PBS NewsHour 4/29/2019

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SUMMARY:  Oscar-nominated film director John Singleton died Monday at age 51.  He was taken off life support after suffering a stroke earlier in the month.  Singleton's remarkable career launched with the critically acclaimed 1991 film “Boyz N the Hood,” about three teens growing up amid Los Angeles violence and gang culture.  At the time, it was a world seldom portrayed by Hollywood.  Jeffrey Brown reports.