BFCA Member Profile

Shawn Edwards

Primary Outlet:: WDAF-TV Fox
Additional Outlets:: America's Black Forum
Website:: http://www.fox4kcm.com
Biography:: SHAWN EDWARDS is a film critic for Fox 4 News (WDAF-TV) in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards has been a film critic for the station since 2000. Edwards began his professional film criticism career in 1997 as an associate editor for the PitchWeekly where he won several journalism awards for his news stories, features and film reviews. Edwards is a founding member of the African American Film Critics Association. He served as the organizations first president. Edwards is also a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. He has written for Vibe, The Source and XXL magazines and is currently working on a book about contemporary black movies entitled Little Black Sambo's Revenge: The Best of Black Film.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	80
The Help	100
Crazy Stupid Love	80
The Smurfs	20
Attack the Block	100
Cowboys & Aliens	60
The Devil's Double	80
Frankie & Alice	60
No Strings Attached	80
The Green Hornet	40
The Dilemma	80
She's Out Of My League	60
Our Family Wedding	60
Brooklyn's Finest	80
Cop Out	20
The Crazies	60
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	80
The Wolfman	20
From Paris with Love	60
Dear John	60