luminaries

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Luminaries like Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino, Damien Chazelle, Ava DuVernay and Lulu Wang all went from hopeful dreamers to actual filmmakers in part thanks to the Sundance Film Festival, which just concluded its 40th year.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

She won the Booker Prize in 2013 when she was just 28, for her Victorian gold rush epic The Luminaries, which she later adapted into a BBC drama.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Luminaries such as Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah Jones and former Essence Magazine editor Susan L. Taylor visited the gallery and gave rave reviews.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Luminaries from sports, entertainment, politics — Mike Tyson, Gladys Knight and former president Bill Clinton among them — looked on.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022

Luminaries, orators, and artists started attending the Saturday-night discussions on the negro question.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead