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Learned so much from you. i will always love you. you are my hero. >> reporter: now, troy kotsur is a hero at his alma mater, galludet university. a school for deaf and hard of hearing students his costar daniel durant went there, too. why was "coda's" win so important >> translator: it was amazing to watch and we as members of the community could watch and experience it, and viewers who may not know america sign language also could witness the natural beauty being expressed through language >> reporter: the hope now is that when it comes to telling stories about the deaf community, "coda" is ...

Finally, beyond the controversy the oscars did shine a light on the deaf community with an historic win and an up lifting "coda" that is "inspiring america." here's joe fryer >> reporter: one word, four letters >> "coda." >> reporter: suddenly a tumultuous oscar ceremony offerin a reason for celebration with the applause delivered in sign language. the movie's title "coda" stands for child of deaf adults it's a feel-good film tells the story of one family and their hearing daughter who's chasing her music dreams >> i can't stay with you for the rest of my life >> reporter: "coda's" now the fir...

Of color, an afro-latina, who found her strength in life through art. >> reporter: and "coda"'s became the first to win an oscar. >> dad, i learned so much from you, i'll always love you. you are my hero. thank you. >> and joining us now to discuss is vincent cunningham, staff writer and theater critic for the new yorker. thank you for being with us, vincent. now that you've had time to process what you saw last night, what did you take away from it? >> thanks so much, jose. it's wonderful to be here. it's hard, unfortunately, as you kind of laid out, to take much from it, because the noise of...

The red carpet is back. and, of course, so are the stars. best bets this year include will smith in "king richard" for best actor as the father of venus and serena williams. >> we're hard on these kids. you know why? because we are. >> the consensus is that this is the performance that the academy wants to honor him for. it's sort of a shock he does not have an oscar. >> for supporting actress, arianna debose has all the momentum for "west side story." >> i don't know if it's -- it's a year and it's special. >> expect the stars to support ukraine. the colors of the ukrainian flag have been a s...