Often considered the most important film awards in the United States, the Academy Awards have come under particularly harsh criticism in the past few years for its white hetero-normative position in nominating and selecting winners. Noteworthy is a lack of people of color and women. While the Oscars still have a ways to go as Chris Rock and Steve Martin point out in their opening remarks, history was made last night with the first non-American, non-English language film winning Best Picture. Parasite not only took home the top prize but also the most awards, winning 4 of the 6 categories it was nominated for.
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