everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! audience cheers. smooth jazz music. 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. muffled speech through loudspeaker. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy award ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. prickly orchestral score. 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
[ crowd chatters ] anthony: every doorway, every window, a little slice of life. a story all its own, lives lived, being lived, caught for a second, a moment, then gone. lin: in vietnam, sometimes, to be truly friend to be friendly hai: yeah. lin: we have to drink until we are drunk. anthony: oh, well, okay. we must, we must. lin: cheers for friendship. anthony: lin din. my oldest friend in vietnam from the very beginning. many happy memories, my friend. we ve been to saigon, can tho, nha trang he was my original minder for vietnam s ministry of foreign affairs. we became, in spite of his official responsibilities, fast friends. hai: one, two, three ba,
anthony: it s a maze of narrow streets and alleyways behind the old french cathedral. vendors set up stools and it s happy hour in hanoi. [ crowd chatters ] anthony: every doorway, every window, a little slice of life. a story all its own, lives lived, being lived, caught for a second, a moment, then gone. lin: in vietnam, sometimes, to be truly friend to be friendly hai: yeah. lin: we have to drink
behind the old french cathedral. vendors set up stools and it s happy hour in hanoi. [ crowd chatters ] anthony: every doorway, every window, a little slice of life. a story all its own, lives lived, being lived, caught for a second, a moment, then gone. lin: in vietnam, sometimes, to be truly friend to be friendly hai: yeah. lin: we have to drink until we are drunk. anthony: oh, well, okay.
anthony: it s a maze of narrow streets and alleyways behind the old french cathedral. vendors set up stools and it s happy hour in hanoi. [ crowd chatters ] anthony: every doorway, every window, a little slice of life. a story all its own, lives lived, being lived, caught for a