Oakland Native Ryan Coogler Makes History With Oscar Nomination for Judas and the Black Messiah
This year s Oscar nominations were announced early Monday morning, and after years of criticism over the awards lack of diversity and the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag campaign that began with the 2015 awards the 2021 slate of nominees is more diverse than ever.
Chloe Zhao, who directed
Emerald Fennell, who directed
Promising Young Woman, made history simply by both getting nominations for Best Director. Two women have never been nominated in the category in the same year before, and only five women have ever gotten Best Director nods in the award show s history. Zhao becomes the first woman of color to be nominated for Best Director, and Fennell becomes the first woman to be nominated for her debut feature.
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