TWENTY LONG YEARS AGO, “Boyz N the Hood” broke down a barrier, as filmmaker John Singleton became the first black director to receive an Academy Award nomination. “Anybody can see it and enjoy it,” director Peter Ramsey says of the universal themes in the new CG-animated filim “Rise of the Guardians.” “Any person of color can say: ‘We’re not limited by what kind of stories we can tell.’ “ (Photo credit: Mathieu Young / DWA/.)
