San Francisco holds a special place in Colman Domingo’s heart. He called it home from 1991 to 2001 and it’s where “I became of age as an artist,” he says. It’s only fitting that Variety, in partnership with the Frameline Film Festival, honors Domingo with our Creative Conscience Award June 27 at the Castro Theatre.
Domingo is no stranger to the film festival. “I would go to Frameline every single year, in particular to see the shorts program,” he says.
Shorts, specifically, were important to him as an artist, calling the films “ambitious and giving slices of life.” He adds that the films gave “you a reflection of who you are, who you aspire to be — whether it’s about love, trials and tribulations, or joy. I looked at it as part of my pilgrimage every single year, so the idea of coming home and going back to the Castro Theatre is extraordinary to me.”
Domingo credits Frameline for helping him find his way as an artist, saying, “I owe a lot of that to Frameline.”
The actor is having an extraordinary year: He’s in the hit Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” and has wrapped up his role as Ali on HBO’s “Euphoria.” He also appears in and directed an episode of Netflix’s “The Four Seasons.”
