Artel Great

Actor
Director
Writer

Based on the true story of the 1933 Scottsboro retrial of nine black hoboes accused of assaulting two white women on a train in Alabama. It is the story of the quest for justice and marked history as one of the most volatile trials to take place.

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Heavens Fall (2006)

Dr. Artel Great is an Independent Spirit Award-nominated filmmaker, author, and cultural critic. He is the first Black valedictorian to graduate from UCLA Film School, where he holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees. He earned his PhD from NYU Tisch. His directorial debut "Love Like Winter" was nominated for Best Director- First Feature Narrative.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Known for

Love Like Winter

Stokely Parker

2020

Dahmer

5.6

Rodney(as Artel Kayaru)

2002

Save the Last Dance

6.2

Arvel(as Artel Jarod Walker)

2001

Their Eyes Were Watching God

6.4

TV Movie

Motor Boat(as Artel Kayaru)

2005

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Actor

Love Walks In
- Dr. Zenith Burnett
- 2021
Love Like Winter
- Stokely Parker
- 2020
#Nausea... for Millennials
Short
- Keith
- 2013
The Soloist
6.7
- Leon
- 2009
24
8.4
TV Series
- Sangalan Villager #5 (as Artel Kayaru)
- 2009
The Smile of an Angry Man
Short
- Sentry Jones (as Artel Kayàru)
- 2006
Heavens Fall
6.6
- Willie Roberson (as Artel Kayàru)
- 2006
Lies and Alibis
6.3
- Stump (as Artel Kayàru)
- 2006
Down in the Valley
6.4
- Boulevard Guy (as Artel Kayàru)
- 2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
6.4
TV Movie
- Motor Boat (as Artel Kayaru)
- 2005
Dahmer
5.6
- Rodney (as Artel Kayaru)
- 2002
Save the Last Dance
6.2
- Arvel (as Artel Jarod Walker)
- 2001
Light It Up
6.0
- Shakur (uncredited)
- 1999

Director

Writer

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Love Like Winter (Trailer)

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Official site
- Official Site
Alternative names
- Artel Kayaru
Born
- September 11
- Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Trivia
After skipping his sophomore year in high school, at age 16, Dr. Great matriculated at Columbia College Chicago where he double majored in theater and philosophy before being cast in the blockbuster film, Save the Last Dance.