Lupita Nyongo, a Kenyan actress based in Hollywood together with the director of the ’12 Years a Slave’, Steve McQueen are expected would be presented with the Hollywood Film Awards on the 21^st of October.

CEOAFRICA news desk has gathered that both Lupita and the director would get the Hollywood Breakout Director Award and New Hollywood Award respectively at the 17^th annual Hollywood Film Awards.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, founder and Executive Director, Carlos de Abreu who conveyed this information, the Award ceremony would be a case of celebrating exceptionally talented director and actress for their outstanding work and creative vision.

However, the story which is being celebrated in the Award is about a true story of a free black man from the north who was deceived and sold into slavery in the south in mid-19^th century America.