Actors Pam Grier, Bill Pullman to get award
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - March 27, 2008 The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Grier will receive a
master of cinema award during the RiverRun International Film
Festival in Winston-Salem. The festival runs April 23-28.
Grier is a Winston-Salem native who appears in the Showtime
series "The L Word." She's best known for starring in
blaxploitation movies in the 1970s.
Grier was born in Winston-Salem in 1949. Her family later
settled in Colorado, where Grier graduated from high school.
Actor Bill Pullman will also receive the award. He's appeared in
"Independence Day," "While You Were Sleeping" and other movies.
