Oscar-winning writer and filmmaker John Ridley won the 2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for "12 Years a Slave." His latest film, "Jimi: All Is By My Side," which he wrote and directed, opens the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival. And actress Hayley Atwell, known for her work in "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Cassandra's Dream," stars as Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend Kathy Etchingham.