Scorsese awarded humanitarian honour

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will be honoured with the Multicultural Motion Picture Association's (MPAA) humanitarian award this month (Apr09).

Scorsese will be the second ever recipient of the honour, which was presented to Clint Eastwood last year (07).

The Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award is given to an "individual working in the motion picture industry whose contributions and commitment to service exemplify compassion, humanitarianism and dedication to community embodied in the award's namesake", according to the MPAA.

The Goodfellas filmmaker will take home the prize during a daylong conference held at Washington, D.C.'s Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture on 21 April (09).

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