While COVID-19 hobbled film industries in every country, China has recovered well considering the circumstances, and looks to be in a good position to continue its movie-grossing dominance.
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Chloé Zhao and Nomadland Oscars Censorship Sparks Anger, Disbelief in China
On 4/26/21 at 3:49 AM EDT
Nomadland.
Weibo, China s equivalent to Twitter, appears to be deleting related posts within minutes as congratulatory messages flood in for Beijing-born Zhao, following the movie s success at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Weibo users following developments on Monday morning local time are turning to numbers, symbols and emojis to disguise their mentions of
Nomadland, which is known as
Wuyizhidi in mainland China.
Hashtags about
Nomadland and related phrases from the Oscars remain censored, with searches returning no results despite what appears to be some excitement about Zhao s win. She became the first woman of color and only the second woman ever to land Best Director.
China Censors Oscars Winners Chloé Zhao and Nomadland
On 4/26/21 at 3:05 AM EDT
Nomadland on Sunday, following controversy over the filmmakers previous remarks about her homeland.
Chinese filmmaker Zhao, 39, became the first woman of color and only the second woman ever to win an Academy Award for Best Director, but celebrations on Weibo China s Twitter-like microblogging service were being muted almost as quickly as they were being posted.
Censorship on the website, which had more than 500 active monthly users as of last December, began less than an hour into Oscars night when Zhao made history by bagging the first of the event s big awards.
The Chinese-born Chloe Zhao won best director and best picture for "Nomadland" in a history-making Oscars sweep a feat that was literally muted in her home country.