much beyond the 10% figure, the drive for inclusion came with big gains. chloe zhao became the first woman of colour and only the second female ever to get a best director oscar in 2021 for her film nomadland. then sian heder s film coda, about the hearing child of deaf parents, scooped last year s best picture oscar. cheering despite the commitment that s been made to get more women behind the camera, this year s oscars really seemed like a bit of a setback because none of the directing nominees were women. we are dahomey! amongst the female directed films critics say were overlooked was the woman king by gina prince bythewood and starring viola davis, the story of historical female warriors. till, by chinonye chukwu, the true story of a mother s struggle for justice after the murder of her son. this was my boy!
to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony that year was attended byjust 270 people at the hollywood roosevelt hotel, and it lasted just 15 minutes. # i can feel it coming in the airtonight. i arrived in los angeles to cover the oscars for the first time in the 1980s with the late great bbc film critic barry norman. i can see that the party s taking over here now, barry. in subsequent years, american film reviewer david andsen, who wrote for newsweek, joined barry to comment on the oscars for the bbc. the biggest voting branch in the academy as actors. this veteran hollywood based film critic and film festival programmer is still thriving. he remembers the 1950s when the oscars were a much larger cultural phenomenon reflecting perhaps america s superpower status.
tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! cheering and applause. hello from los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy awards ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story
for her film nomadland. then sian heder s film coda, about the hearing child of deaf parents, scooped last year s best picture oscar. cheering. despite the commitment that s been made to get more women behind the camera, this year s oscars really seemed like a bit of a setback because none of the directing nominees were women. we are dahomey! amongst the female directed films critics say were overlooked was the woman king by gina prince bythewood and starring viola davis, the story of historical female warriors. till, by chinonye chukwu, the true story of a mother s struggle forjustice after the murder of her son. this was my boy! emmett till. ..and she said by maria schrader, the story of how female journalists at the new york times uncovered harvey weinstein s abuses. if that can happen to hollywood actresses, who else is it happening to?
wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony that year was attended byjust 270 people at the hollywood roosevelt hotel, and it lasted just 15 minutes. # i can feel it coming in the airtonight. i arrived in los angeles to cover the oscars for the first time in the 1980s with the late great bbc film critic barry norman. i can see that the party s taking over here now, barry. in subsequent years, american film reviewer david andsen, who wrote for newsweek, joined barry to comment on the oscars for the bbc. the biggest voting branch in the academy as actors. this veteran hollywood based film critic and film festival programmer is still thriving. he remembers the 1950s when the oscars were a much larger cultural phenomenon reflecting perhaps america s superpower status.