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Article: 'Antwone Fisher' wins top Humanitas Prize.
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- United Press International
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- July 11, 2003
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LOS ANGELES, Jul 11, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
"Antwone Fisher," the story of a sailor who learns to displace intense anger and cynicism with love and trust, won the top feature film award Thursday as the 2003 Humanitas Prizes were presented in Los Angeles.
The story, based on the life of writer Antwone Fisher, was previously nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award. Fisher, who sold the screenplay while he was working as a security guard at the Sony Pictures lot in Los Angeles, based the story on his own personal struggle with anger.
"I hoped that all that I had been ashamed of all my life would have meaning for ...