Correspondent Roy Wood Jr. listed the films starring black actors that have gotten nominated for Oscars in recent ears-Django Unchained, Selma and 12 Years a Slave-and pointed out that they’re all about black oppression and specifically slavery. “This has been a great year in film”.
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For best actress, “Carol” star Cate Blanchett and “Room” star Brie Larson, who portrayed a kidnapped mother living in captivity with her son, are seen as the favorites in a category that also includes veteran British actress Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years“). The black cast and director of hip hop biopic “Straight Outta Compton” were also left out of the race.
The Revenant and Australia’s Mad Max: Fury Road will vie with The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, The Martian, Room and Spotlight for best picture, the highest honour in the film industry.
For the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees are white.
As the Oscars nominations were announced this week, some were quick to point out candidates missing from the list. “We have nothing to do with hiring”, she said in a statement at the time.
The Oscar nominations 2016 revealed a number of snubbed films for Best Picture.
Although the movie got six nominations, according to the Washington Post, it should have been nominated for Best Picture because it contained the right ingredients for the category.
In the Best Actor category I think Leonardo Dicaprio will take home his first win ever in over twenty years of acting for his commanding and all too realistic role in The Revenant.
The only best-picture contender without a white protagonist is “Straight Outta Compton”, which has an outside shot of joining the favorites.
Sharpton, through the NAN’s Los Angeles office, is urging a nationwide “TV tune-out” of the Oscars show, which is to air February 28.
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The nominees for best director are Iñárritu (“The Revenant“), McCarthy (“Spotlight”), Miller (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), Adam McKay (“The Big Short“) and Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”).
