Source: Supplied My Octopus Teacher’, which has won more than 20 international awards, including Best Documentary at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) and Producers Guild of America Awards, became the first nature documentary to win an Academy Award since The Cove in 2010.
This is South Africa s third Oscar win since 2003 and 2005. In 2003, Charlize Theron from Benoni won an Oscar for Best Actress for the film Monster , the first South African actress to ever win an Oscar.
In 2005, the film Tsoti won Best Foreign Language Film. It was the first non-French-language African film to win in this category.
And in 2021, South Africa once again made history after My Octopus Teacher won an Oscar for Best Documentary.
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Daniel Kaluuya Wins His First Oscar For Best Supporting Actor
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: Daniel Kaluuya attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
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Daniel Kaluuya won his first Oscar Sunday night for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in
Judas and the Black Messiah. He played the late Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton.
“Bro, we out here,” he said in his acceptance speech. In a nod to his co-star who was also a Best Supporting Actor nominee, Kaluuya said, “I share this honor with the light that is LaKeith Stanfield.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) Three decades after Anthony Hopkins' chilling portrayal of serial killer Hannibal Lecter earned a lead-actor Oscar, the role of a man fighting dementia brought him his second trophy. Despite his pedigree, Hopkins was a surprise winner in the top acting category. The late Chadwick Boseman was widely expected to win the honor, which in a very rare move by the film academy was the last to be handed out this year instead of the.