LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At an Oscars event almost without acting nominees of color and lacking any ladies amongst the contenders for finest director, it fell to an Asian filmmaker and his cast to bring variety to the American movie market’s greatest honors.
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” took several of the leading awards of the night, consisting of best photo, finest director, finest global film and best initial screenplay.
” Parasite” became the very first foreign-language movie to win best image in the 92- year history of the Academy Awards.
Still, the spotty record of the Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences in attaining higher racial variety remained a through-line of the ceremony
4 years after the #OscarsSoWhite furor was expected to have actually stimulated Hollywood to become more inclusive, simply among the 20 competitors for finest lead or supporting acting honors this year was an entertainer of color – Cynthia Erivo. She starred as anti-slavery liberty fighter Harriet Tubman in “Harriet.” She didn’t win.
” Cynthia did such a terrific job in ‘Harriet’