{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Remembering Oscar-nominated director John Singleton","publication_date":"April 29, 2019","summary":"Oscar-nominated film director John Singleton died Monday at age 51. He was taken off life support after suffering a stroke earlier in the month. Singleton's remarkable career launched with the critically acclaimed 1991 film \"Boyz N the Hood,\" about three teens growing up amid Los Angeles violence and gang culture. At the time, it was a world seldom portrayed by Hollywood. Jeffrey Brown reports.","author_name":"By PBS NewsHour","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/04\/JohnSingleton-1024x887.jpg","thumbnail_height":887,"thumbnail_width":1024}