A Winnipeg-born costume designer woke up to a flurry of text messages Tuesday morning, as the nominations for the 95th annual Academy Awards were read miles away in a crowded Hollywood ballroom.
Internationally renowned costume designer Quita Alfred says her various worlds collided when she was contacted in 2021 about working on Women Talking, director Sarah Polley's film adaptation of Manitoba-born writer Miriam Toews's novel.