Oscars 2021: Why Oscar-nominated Crip Camp co-director s Gucci suit is momentous
26 Apr, 2021 01:32 AM
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James LeBrecht in his custom Gucci suit, accompanied by Nicole Newnham and Sara Bolder
NZ Herald
James LeBrecht, co-director of Oscar nominated documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution wowed on the red carpet at this year s Academy Awards. Instead of wearing a usual black tux, he wore a custom-made navy-blue Gucci ensemble with a black and ivory flower print shift.
While it is expected for Oscar nominees to walk the red carpet in a custom suit, this is unique for LeBrecht. Not only was Crip Camp: A disability Revolution made on a small budget leaving little room for expensive red-carpet looks, but LeBrecht also has spina bifida and is reliant on a wheelchair to get around.
Edward Guthmann April 22, 2021Updated: April 22, 2021, 6:33 pm
Co-directors Jim LeBrecht (right) and Nicole Newnham Photo: Courtesy of James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, Tommy Lau Photography
When Jim LeBrecht attends the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, April 25, he plans to wear a bespoke tuxedo designed by a high-end European fashion house. Movie stars get that treatment all the time, but LeBrecht is an Oakland independent filmmaker whose Oscar-nominated documentary feature, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution,” was made on a budget that’s minuscule when stacked against a Hollywood release.
He also has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
“I’ve never had anyone create anything specifically for me,” LeBrecht, 64, says in the backyard of his Oakland hills home. “I’ve got a rather unique body. … My hips are out of whack and my legs swerve a little. One is 23 inches long; the other’s 25 inches. It’s body jazz, basically. Atypical.”
Prediction: One year after
Parasite’s historic victory, will the Academy have another uncommon spell of good taste? The stars appear to be aligning for
Nomadland, which has won the top prize from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the British Academy, the Producers Guild, and the Directors Guild (the last three of which share lots of members with the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences). But don’t pop the bubbly for last year’s most critically acclaimed movie just yet. After all,
1917 won all of those same precursors, only to lose Best Picture at the finish line.
Parasite, which swooped in for the upset, came into Oscar night with the Screen Actors Guild ensemble award under its belt. This year, that went to
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The global film community calls for the release of Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska
15/04/2021 - In an open letter addressed to the authorities, film festivals, organisations and institutions are expressing their concern regarding the arrest of the Belarusian festival director
The global film community has expressed its shock and concern over the arrest of Belarusian cultural activist and human rights defender Tatsiana (Tanya) Hatsura-Yavorska. The director of the International Film Festival WATCH DOCS Belarus was arrested in Minsk on the 5th of April, along with several other human rights defenders.
An open letter addressed to the Belarusian authorities, the Human Rights Film Network, the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, the European Film Academy, along with film festivals, film networks, institutions and organisations from around the world are calling for the release of Hatsura-Yavorska and the other human rights defenders deprived of their freedom.