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Actress Samantha Morton received the academy香蕉视频直播檚 highest honor, the BAFTA Fellowship, and film curator June Givanni, founder of the June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive, was honored for outstanding British contribution to cinema.
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Hilary Fox contributed to this story.
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press
