'Power' player: Jamie Foxx on his new Netflix film and becoming the first Black Pixar lead

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'Power' player: Jamie Foxx on his new Netflix film and becoming the first Black Pixar lead
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Oscar-winner. Comic. Musician. iamjamiefoxx has repeatedly proven he’s a power player, and he’s ready to leave his mark on 2020. First up, displaying a fine-tuned balance of gravitas and mischief in Netflix’s ProjectPower. Story by SarahARodman

— it pans out.” “If One crucial way Foxx has stepped beyond the borders of the screens that have made him famous — while still remaining in the frame — is with his activism. It is another link to the stars of yore, continuing in the footsteps of forebears such as Muhammad Ali and Harry Belafonte.

That is the same message that he has tried to convey to the Black community both within and without Hollywood throughout his career. “We constantly say [on the set], ‘Hey, are we good? Is Black folk represented in this situation? Are we right?’ ”

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