
John Carter, Pioneering African-American Film Editor, Dies at 95
His résumé includes ‘The Heartbreak Kid,’ ‘Friday,’ ‘Lean on Me’ and the Oscar-nominated MLK documentary ‘Montgomery to Memphis.’ John Carter, the pioneering African-American film editor who worked on The Heartbreak Kid, Paper Lion and Barbershop and shaped powerful documentaries about Martin Luther King Jr. and Solomon Northup, has died. He was 95. Carter died Aug. 13 at his home in White Plains, New York, his … Continue reading John Carter, Pioneering African-American Film Editor, Dies at 95