{"id":129956,"date":"2019-02-25T02:16:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T07:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=129956"},"modified":"2019-02-25T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:02:26","slug":"an-historic-night-at-the-91st-academy-awards-with-seven-black-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/an-historic-night-at-the-91st-academy-awards-with-seven-black-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"An Historic Night At The 91st Academy Awards With Seven Black Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-129957\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 275'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Oscars-photo-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was an historic night at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, with <strong>Spike Lee<\/strong> finally taking home a competitive Oscar statue for Best Adapted Screenplay. He shared the award with <strong>Kevin Willmott, Charlie Wachtel,<\/strong> &amp; <strong>David Rabinowitz<\/strong>. Lee had previously won a Honorary Oscar in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Book<\/strong> won Best Picture as well as Oscars for Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor for <strong>Mahershala Ali<\/strong>. Although she&#8217;s not among the main producers on Green Book, <strong>Octavia Spencer<\/strong> is the 1st Black Female Executive Producer to be associated with a Best Picture winner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4BOuthekoRk\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-129958\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 280'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Oscar-winners-2019-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In less than three years,<strong>\u00a0Ali<\/strong> (Moonlight, Green Book) is the 1st Black actor to win two Best Supporting Actor Oscars &amp; the 5th Black person to win in that category following <strong>Louis Gossett Jr., Denzel Washington, Cuba Gooding Jr.<\/strong> and <strong>Morgan Freeman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ali is also the 4th Black person to win multiple Oscars behind <strong>Denzel Washington<\/strong> (Glory, Training Day), <strong>Willie D. Burton<\/strong> (Bird, Dreamgirls) &amp; <strong>Russell Williams II<\/strong> (Glory, Dances with Wolves)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-129959\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Black-Supporting-Actor-Oscar-Winners-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After winning a handful of awards, although she wasn&#8217;t nominated for a SAG Award or BAFTA, <strong>Regina King<\/strong> prevailed and won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in <strong>If Beale Street Could Talk<\/strong>. She i<span class=\"s1\">s the 8th Black Female to win an Oscar in the category following <strong>Hattie McDaniel, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Mo\u2019Nique, Octavia Spencer, Lupita Nyong\u2019o<\/strong>, &amp; <strong>Viola Davis<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-129960\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 213'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Regina-King-Ruth-E.-Carter-and-Hannah-Beachler-Oscar-Winners-2019-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Entering with seven nominations, <strong>Black Panther<\/strong> was victorious in score, costume design and production design. <strong>Ruth E. Carter &amp; Hannah Beachler <\/strong>each became the First African American and Black Female to win the Academy Award for Best Costume and\u00a0for Best Production Design, respectively, for Black Panther.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-127843\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 224'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Peter-Ramsey-Spider-Man-Into-the-Spider-Verse-pic-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Peter Ramsey<\/b> won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature\u00a0as a co-producer for <strong>Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse<\/strong>. He&#8217;s the first African American to win in this category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bohemian Rhapsody<\/strong>\u00a0led the night, taking home four awards in the actor (<strong>Rami Malek<\/strong>), film editing, sound mixing, and sound editing categories.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Malek is the first Egyptian acting winner and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0t<\/span>he first male acting winner of African descent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-129961\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blackkklansman-Written-by-Charlie-Wachtel-David-Rabinowitz-and-Kevin-Willmott-Spike-Lee-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to a best foreign language film nod, <strong>\u201cRoma\u201d<\/strong> also took home directing and cinematography Oscar for <strong>Alfonso Cuaron.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the actress side, <strong>Olivia Colman<\/strong> won for best actress, upsetting a competitive field that included <strong>Yalitza Aparicio, Melissa McCarthy, Lady Gaga<\/strong>, and frontrunner <strong>Glenn Close<\/strong>. Close had previously won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her role in \u201cThe Wife,\u201d so all eyes were on her to see if she could pull in her first win in seven nominations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EsqCv7-Bk-4\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Panther\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe Favourite\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cGreen Book\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cRoma\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cA Star Is Born\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cVice\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spike Lee, \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d<br \/>\nPawel Pawlikowski, \u201cCold War\u201d<br \/>\nYorgos Lanthimos, \u201cThe Favourite\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n, \u201cRoma\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\nAdam McKay, \u201cVice\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yalitza Aparicio, \u201cRoma\u201d<br \/>\nGlenn Close, \u201cThe Wife\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Olivia Colman, \u201cThe Favourite\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\nLady Gaga, \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d<br \/>\nMelissa McCarthy, \u201cCan You Ever Forgive Me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christian Bale, \u201cVice\u201d<br \/>\nBradley Cooper, \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d<br \/>\nWillem Dafoe, \u201cAt Eternity\u2019s Gate\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Rami Malek, \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\nViggo Mortensen, \u201cGreen Book\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amy Adams, \u201cVice\u201d<br \/>\nMarina de Tavira, \u201cRoma\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Regina King, \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\nEmma Stone, \u201cThe Favourite\u201d<br \/>\nRachel Weisz, \u201cThe Favourite\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahershala Ali, \u201cGreen Book\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\nAdam Driver, \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d<br \/>\nSam Elliott, \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d<br \/>\nRichard E. Grant, \u201cCan You Ever Forgive Me?\u201d<br \/>\nSam Rockwell, \u201cVice\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adapted Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs,\u201d Joel Coen , Ethan Coen<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBlacKkKlansman,\u201d Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCan You Ever Forgive Me?,\u201d Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty<br \/>\n\u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d Barry Jenkins<br \/>\n\u201cA Star Is Born,\u201d Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Favourite,\u201d Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara<br \/>\n\u201cFirst Reformed,\u201d Paul Schrader<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cGreen Book,\u201d Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cRoma,\u201d Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n<br \/>\n\u201cVice,\u201d Adam McKay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Song<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll The Stars\u201d from \u201cBlack Panther\u201d by Kendrick Lamar, SZA<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ll Fight\u201d from \u201cRBG\u201d by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson<br \/>\n\u201cThe Place Where Lost Things Go\u201d from \u201cMary Poppins Returns\u201d by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cShallow\u201d from \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWhen A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings\u201d from \u201cThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs\u201d by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Score<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlacKkKlansman,\u201d Terence Blanchard<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBlack Panther,\u201d Ludwig Goransson (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d Nicholas Britell<br \/>\n\u201cIsle of Dogs,\u201d Alexandre Desplat<br \/>\n\u201cMary Poppins Returns,\u201d Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live Action Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetainment,\u201d Vincent Lambe<br \/>\n\u201cFauve,\u201d Jeremy Comte<br \/>\n\u201cMarguerite,\u201d Marianne Farley<br \/>\n\u201cMother,\u201d Rodrigo Sorogoyen<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cSkin,\u201d Guy Nattiv (WINNER)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visual Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cChristopher Robin\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cFirst Man\u201d (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cReady Player One\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSolo: A Star Wars Story\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documentary Short Subject<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Sheep,\u201d Ed Perkins<br \/>\n\u201cEnd Game,\u201d Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman<br \/>\n\u201cLifeboat,\u201d Skye Fitzgerald<br \/>\n\u201cA Night at the Garden,\u201d Marshall Curry<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cPeriod. End of Sentence.,\u201d Rayka Zehtabchi (WINNER)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Animated Short<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnimal Behaviour,\u201d Alison Snowden, David Fine<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBao,\u201d Domee Shi (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cLate Afternoon,\u201d Louise Bagnall<br \/>\n\u201cOne Small Step,\u201d Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas<br \/>\n\u201cWeekends,\u201d Trevor Jimenez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Animated Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncredibles 2,\u201d Brad Bird<br \/>\n\u201cIsle of Dogs,\u201d Wes Anderson<br \/>\n\u201cMirai,\u201d Mamoru Hosoda<br \/>\n\u201cRalph Breaks the Internet,\u201d Rich Moore, Phil Johnston<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,\u201d Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (WINNER)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Film Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlacKkKlansman,\u201d Barry Alexander Brown<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d John Ottman (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cGreen Book,\u201d Patrick J. Don Vito<br \/>\n\u201cThe Favourite,\u201d Yorgos Mavropsaridis<br \/>\n\u201cVice,\u201d Hank Corwin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Language Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapernaum\u201d (Lebanon)<br \/>\n\u201cCold War\u201d (Poland)<br \/>\n\u201cNever Look Away\u201d (Germany)<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cRoma\u201d (Mexico) (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cShoplifters\u201d (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound Mixing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Panther,\u201d Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFirst Man,\u201d Jon Taylor, Frank A. Monta\u00f1o, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis<br \/>\n\u201cRoma,\u201d Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and Jos\u00e9 Antonio Garc\u00eda<br \/>\n\u201cA Star Is Born,\u201d Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Panther,\u201d Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d John Warhurst (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFirst Man,\u201d Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan<br \/>\n\u201cA Quiet Place,\u201d Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl<br \/>\n\u201cRoma,\u201d Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold War,\u201d Lukasz Zal<br \/>\n\u201cThe Favourite,\u201d Robbie Ryan<br \/>\n\u201cNever Look Away,\u201d Caleb Deschanel<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cRoma,\u201d Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cA Star Is Born,\u201d Matthew Libatique<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBlack Panther,\u201d Hannah Beachler (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFirst Man,\u201d Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas<br \/>\n\u201cThe Favourite,\u201d Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton<br \/>\n\u201cMary Poppins Returns,\u201d John Myhre, Gordon Sim<br \/>\n\u201cRoma,\u201d Eugenio Caballero, B\u00e1rbara Enr\u0131\u0301quez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Costume Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs,\u201d Mary Zophres<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBlack Panther,\u201d Ruth E. Carter (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe Favourite,\u201d Sandy Powell<br \/>\n\u201cMary Poppins Returns,\u201d Sandy Powell<br \/>\n\u201cMary Queen of Scots,\u201d Alexandra Byrne<\/p>\n<p><strong>Makeup and Hairstyling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBorder,\u201d G\u00f6ran Lundstr\u00f6m and Pamela Goldammer<br \/>\n\u201cMary Queen of Scots,\u201d Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cVice,\u201d Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney (WINNER)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documentary Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFree Solo,\u201d Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (WINNER)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHale County This Morning, This Evening,\u201d RaMell Ross<br \/>\n\u201cMinding the Gap,\u201d Bing Liu<br \/>\n\u201cOf Fathers and Sons,\u201d Talal Derki<br \/>\n\u201cRBG,\u201d Betsy West, Julie Cohen<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tTo3XYm33WU\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eWo7bO3ZeJY\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E4zuUfJu7YU\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m96izfe2p6M\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spike Lee, Regina King, Mahershala Ali, Ruth E. 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