Directed by Chloe Zhao
INDEPENDENT film-maker Chloe Zhao made history this week with this quietly understated but powerful drama about the little-known life of modern-day nomads in the American West, by becoming the first woman of colour and the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best director.
The film, which scooped three accolades at this year’s Oscars, is based on Jessica Bruder’s non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st century, which Zhao adapted for the big screen.
It follows 61-year-old Fern (Frances McDormand) who, having lost her husband and her former life when the recession effectively closed down the mining town where she lived, embarks on a cross-country road trip.
Film review: Nomadland an achingly beautiful and poetic paean to solitude Frances McDormand in Nomadland, a role for which she won Best Actress at the Academy Awards this week. The film also won the Best Film and Best Director Oscars Damon Smith (PA)
Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland
NOMADLAND (12A, 107 mins) Drama/Romance. Frances McDormand, Linda May, Bob Wells, Charlene Swankie, David Strathairn, Melissa Smith, Peter Spears. Director: Chloe Zhao. Released: April 30 (streaming exclusively on Disney+) and screening at UK & Irish cinemas from May 17
IN ONE of the naturalistic conversations tightly woven into the fabric of Nomadland, Bob Wells – a real-life trailblazer for the van-dwelling nomadic lifestyle – explains to Frances McDormand s widow that members of his free-spirited community never say goodbye.
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Most awards ceremonies have gone without a red carpet in the last year, for the quite understandable reason that there would be no guests to walk down it.
But then came Sunday s Oscars - the pinnacle of awards season; the biggest night in the entertainment calendar - where nominees were encouraged to turn up in person if they could, rather than dial in virtually.
The resulting red carpet gave us elegance, flamboyance, and an explosion of colour. Here are 13 of the biggest and best looks from the 93rd Academy Awards.
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Nomadland director Chloe Zhao was snapped in Los Angeles on the red carpet of the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday with real-life nomad Charlene Swankie, who appeared in the Oscar-nominated motion picture.
The director, 39, who is nominated for four Academy Awards Sunday, was clad in a light beige long-sleeved knit turtleneck Hermes dress paired with white sneakers.
The Beijing, China-born filmmaker had her black locks parted in the middle and hair braided down on both sides while on the red carpet at Union Station, where the annual show has been moved in accordance with coronavirus protocols.
Big night: Nomadland director Chloe Zhao, 39, was snapped in Los Angeles on the red carpet of the 93rd Academy Awards with real-life nomad Charlene Swankie, who appeared in the Oscar-nominated motion picture