Lionel Richie has put his voice and his home behind the promotion of a 27-minute documentary short about the all-black WWII squadron from his hometown.
On Oct. 1, the singer opened up his Beverly Hills house for an intimate event with 20 guests to screen “The Tuskegee Airmen: Sacrifice and Triumph,” reports the AP.
Richie had returned to his hometown of Tuskegee, Ala., where he first saw the short and felt it deserved the attention of Oscar voters. “I made a few phone calls, even though it was very last-minute,” says Richie about his screening, and helping to get the film qualified for awards consideration.
