Oscars revamps demographics with diverse nominations
The 93rd Oscars will take place on 25 April (26 April in Philippine time) at the Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and will be simulcast on ABC, Hulu TV and YouTube TV
Five years after diversity strategist April Reign nudged The Academy Awards with #OscarsSoWhite movement, the most prestigious award-giving body recognizing film luminaries around the world has shifted into a more diverse demographic with women and people of color dominating this year’s nominations.
The 93rd Oscars will take place on 25 April (26 April in Philippine time) at the Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and will be simulcasted on ABC, Hulu TV and YouTube TV.
Nomadland director Chloe Zhao is this year’s frontrunner nominated for best picture, adapted screenplay, editing and director. She is the first Asian woman to be nominated in the directorial department leading 70 women nominees who garnered 76 nominations in this year’s Oscars.
Promising Young Woman director Emerald Flennel joins Zhao for Best Director nomination forging the first time that The Academy nominated two women in the category.
Nine actors of color Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah), double nominee Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Viola Davis and late actor Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Steven Yeun and Yuh-jung Youn (Minari) and Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) were also nominated — a huge jump from last year’s sole Black nominee Cynthia Erivo. African nations are also mounting their name on The Academy with films from Tunisia, South Africa, Algeria,
Ivory Coast and Mauritania earning international feature film nominations.