“Nomadland,” the story of a van-dwelling woman traveling around the American West, won best picture at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, a celebration of moviemaking that unfolded at a time when cinemas are in crisis and streaming is remaking the entertainment landscape.
It was an evening of barrier-breaking and precedent-shattering moment, one that saw “Nomandland” director Chloé Zhao make history by becoming the second woman and the first woman of colour to win an Oscar for directing. The sweeping character study of a life on the road earned three Oscars in total, including a best actress win for Frances McDormand, and the story it told took on an added poignance after a year of plague and pandemic in which many people had been stuck in their homes and unable to see loved ones.
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