Siyakwazi ukubona imboniso yokuqala "Abantu abaMhlophe abathandekayo", iteyipu eyayibhiyozelwa kakhulu kwixesha elidlulileyo Umnyhadala weSundance.
Olu phawu lokuqala nguJustin Simien lwenziwa kunye ne Ibhaso elikhethekileyo leJury-Italente eNtsha kolona khuphiswano lukhulu lwefilim oluzimeleyo ehlabathini.
Emva kokugqama ngeefilimu ezimfutshane ezininzi, uJustin Simien wenza umtsi abonise ifilimu ngale filimu engakhange awongwe eSundance kuphela, kodwa uphumelele imbasa yabaphulaphuli Umnyhadala waseSan Francisco kunye namanye amabhaso kukhuphiswano ezifana Umnyhadala wePalm Springs kunye i-settle festival.
«Abantu abathandekayo abamhlophe» ibalisa ngebali labafundi abane abantsundu beKholeji yase-Ivy ngexesha lombhodamo owawulandela itheko elinomxholo we-Afrika-Amerika elaphoswa ngabafundi abamhlophe.
Ifilimu, eneenkwenkwezi ezingaziwayo UTyler uJames Williams, Tessa Thompson, UTeyonah Parris y Brandon Bell, iphonononga ubuni bobuhlanga kwi-post-racial America.