'The most honest person I ever met': Chadwick Boseman's widow pays tribute at Gotham film awards

Simone Ledward accepts honour on behalf of her late husband as Riz Ahmed and Nicole Beharie pick up best actor and best actress awards

The first significant awards event of the current film cycle spread its net wide, but the main attention of the 2021 Gotham awards, designed to reward independent film-makers, was focused on a tearful speech given by Simone Ledward as she accepted an award on behalf of her late husband Chadwick Boseman.

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