Robert Townsend to be honored by local arts group; talks legacy, inclusion and the late John Singleton

Hollywood Director and Chicago native Robert Townsend was reflecting on attending the memorial last month for fellow black filmmaker John Singleton, who died April 28 at age 51.

Singleton, who’d suffered a stroke, had brought to the screen such beloved films on the black experience as “Boyz N The Hood,” “Poetic Justice,” “Four Brothers,” and “Baby Boy.”