>> toward the end of the film when mamie is telling melanie about rhett and his grief and you feel it. it's such a powerful scene. >> please, ms. melly. >> i'll do what i can. >> i present the academy award for the best performance of an actress in supporting role during 1939 to hattie mcdaniel. >> hattie mcdaniel was the first african-american to win an academy award. and even how that happened, she couldn't sit with the rest of the cast. she was sitting in this area near the kitchen. >> this is one of the happiest moments of my life. it wasn't like she was going to go into great leading roles. she continued to play maids. she essentially said, i'd rather make $10,000 playing a maid than make $10 being a maid. >> i sincerely hope, i shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture