Women and Hollywood: 2013 was a good year for black men in Hollywood. 12 Years a Slave, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Fruitvale Station, and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom gave stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan, and Idris Elba, respectively, the roles of a lifetime. As the director and screenwriter of 12 Years, Steve McQueen and John Ridley reached new artistic and commercial heights, while Lee Daniels continues to contribute a black, queer, and wonderfully idiosyncratic sensibility to mainstream Hollywood. It's unfortunate that all four of the meaty leading roles discussed above have to be played by black actors -- it's not like a Harrison Ford could play Nelson Mandela -- but at least those roles were there.
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