Doesn't escape me how natural it seems for black artists to see the world as naturally multi ethnic, but we have to explain away white filmmakers obsessions with homogeneity.
A BIG BUDGET FILIPINO ANIMATED FILM?!?! This is the kind of stuff I could only dream of as a kid… I cannot WAIT and MORE FILIPINOS SHARING THEIR STORIES 🇵🇭💕
However Sinners performs at Academy Awards, Ryan Coogler already won by negotiating back the film IP rights in 25 years and releasing this incredible educational promo bit on different screen aspect ratios and film formats.
i will say this, the best picture winner always tells you about the current sociopolitical state of the US so yeah it’s not shocking obaa won best picture. it’s not challenging the status quo or making “controversial statements” and it makes yt folks feel better about themselves
AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW is the first woman, first woman of color, and first woman of Filipino descent to win Best Cinematography for her work in SINNERS at the 98th Academy Awards.
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