‘Nomadland’ Director Chloe Zhao Now Needs to Win Over China Bloomberg 1 hr ago Shirley Zhao
(Bloomberg) Chloe Zhao just became the first Chinese and Asian woman to win an Oscar for best director. Some movie buffs are now pondering if the prestigious award will help her smooth Beijing’s feathers ruffled by controversial comments she made almost a decade ago.
The screening of her critically acclaimed film “Nomadland,” which was originally scheduled for a theatrical release in China on April 23, is in limbo. The reason for the cold shoulder is attributed to a 2013 interview in which Zhao, 39, is said to have described her home country as “a place where there are lies everywhere.” State-backed Global Times, in a commentary last month, said she needs to face the consequences, but also sounded conciliatory by arguing against a ban.
Oscars 2021: Nomadland Director Chloe Zhao Needs To Win Over China Now Oscars 2021: Chloe Zhao, who has been honoured with the Best Director trophy for
Nomadland at the Oscars this year, is awaiting its release in China
Director Chloe Zhao posing for shutterbugs at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards (Image courtesy: AFP)
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The film was scheduled to hit the screens in China in April this year
In 2013, she described China as a place where there are lies everywhere
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Chloe Zhao just became the first Chinese and Asian woman to win an Oscar for best director. Some movie buffs are now pondering if the prestigious award will help her smooth Beijing s feathers ruffled by controversial comments she made almost a decade ago. The screening of her critically acclaimed film
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(Bloomberg) Chloe Zhao just became the first Chinese and Asian woman to win an Oscar for best director. Some movie buffs are now pondering if the prestigious award will help her smooth Beijingâs feathers ruffled by controversial comments she made almost a decade ago.
(Bloomberg) Chloe Zhao just became the first Chinese and Asian woman to win an Oscar for best director. Some movie buffs are now pondering if the prestigious award will help her smooth Beijingâs feathers ruffled by controversial comments she made almost a decade ago.
The screening of her critically acclaimed film âNomadland,â which was originally scheduled for a theatrical release in China on April 23, is in limbo. The reason for the cold shoulder is attributed to a 2013 interview in which Zhao, 39, is said to have described her home country as âa place where there are lies everywhere.â State-backed Global Times, i
âI still truly believe them today,â Zhou said. âEven though sometimes they might seem like the opposite is true, but I have always found goodness in the people I met everywhere I went in the world.â
Zhouâs message and her decision to speak in Mandarin during her speech were widely welcomed, particularly amid high rates of anti-Asian racism in the west.
The apparent censorship of news about Zhaoâs Oscars win followed a nationalistic furore against her last month. In March, Zhao was widely praised after becoming the first Asian woman in history to win a Golden Globe for best director. But within days she became the target of intense online trolling including accusations of âsmearing Chinaâ, after an eight-year-old interview was resurfaced, in which she described being a teenager in China as âa place were there are lies everywhereâ. Promotional material and references to the film were wiped from the internet and there were calls for a