Chinonye Chukwu, the film director, has expressed her grievances after ‘Till’, her 2022 movie, did not receive any nominations for the 95th Academy Awards.
The nomination list for the 2023 Oscars was recently released ahead of the annual award ceremony on March 12.
‘Till’ did not make the nominees in the best director category, a reality Chukwu reacted to via her Instagram page.
She claimed that Hollywood has a history of “unabashed misogyny towards black women” after being snubbed.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” the film director wrote, alongside a picture of the director with civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams.
“And yet. I am forever in gratitude for the greatest lesson of my life.
“Regardless of any challenges or obstacles, I will always have the power to cultivate my own joy, and it is this joy that will continue to be one of my greatest forms of resistance.”
Evers-Williams is portrayed in ‘Till’ by actor Jayme Lawson.
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‘Till’ is a 2022 biographical drama film written by Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, and Chukwu.
The movie was produced by Beauchamp, Reilly, and Whoopi Goldberg.
It is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Bradley, an educator and activist who pursued justice after the murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett in 1955.
The film stars Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Bradley, with Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, and Goldberg in supporting roles.
Although the movie did not get any Oscar nominations, it has been nominated for the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 2023 BAFTA Awards.
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