FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 file photo, John Singleton attends the 2018 American Black Film Festival Honors at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. In April, Hollywood lost director John Singleton, whose 1991 film "Boyz N the Hood" was praised as a realistic and compassionate take on race, class, peer pressure and family. He became the first black director to receive an Oscar nomination and the youngest at 24. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File