Clement Virgo is a Canadian filmmaker. He cowrote and directed the sixpart miniseries adaptation of Lawrence Hills bestselling novel The Book of Negroes , starring Aunjanue Ellis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lou Gossett Jr., Ben Chaplin, Jane Alexander and Lyriq Bent that aired to wide acclaim and a recordbreaking 1.7 million Canadian viewers in January 2015 on CBC in Canada. It went on to premiere in February 2015 in the US, drawing landmark ratings for BET Additional accolades for the miniseries include eleven Canadian Screen Awards, two U.S. Critics Choice Television Awards nominations for Best Limited Series and Best Actress in a Limited Series , three 2015 NAACP Image Award Nominations including Best Miniseries, Best Actor , Best Actress , and the NAACP Award for Best Writing in a TV Movie or Miniseries for Virgo and Lawrence Hill. The Book of Negroes was also named one of 60 finalists for the 2016 Peabody Awards.
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