Denzel Washington Accepts the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award

Subscribe to this channel for exclusive videos from AFI: http://bit.ly/SubscribeAFI Denzel Washington accepts the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award on June 6, 2019 at the Dolby Theatre. The TV special AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO DENZEL WASHINGTON aired on June 20, 2019 on TNT. Sister network Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will air the special in October 2019, during a night of programming dedicated to Washington’s work. Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Jodie Foster, Antoine Fuqua, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Issa Rae, Julia Roberts and Cicely Tyson all paid tribute to Washington's life and work. Additional guests included Ed Begley, Jr., W. Kamau Bell, Joy Bryant, Joel Coen, Richard Donner, Ava DuVernay, Cary Elwes, Carl Franklin, Antoine Fuqua, David Alan Grier, Keegan-Michael Key, Martin Lawrence, Frances McDormand, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Paula Patton, Jay Pharoah, Chris Tucker and Edward Zwick. Follow AFI:   / americanfilminstitute     / americanfilm     / americanfilminstitute   http://www.afi.com