That tension that exists between what the statistical evidence suggests and what nearly a century of omission demands defines this year’s best director race. It’s a reality the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cannot sidestep, not at this moment and not with this film.
For nearly 100 years, the Academy has handed out the Oscar for best director without ever awarding it to a Black filmmaker. Now comes “Sinners,” the most nominated film in Oscar history, with 16 nominations. If Coogler were to lose Sunday night, the question would inevitably follow: what does that say about an institution approaching its centennial?
Coogler’s nom makes the 39-year-old Oakland native the seventh Black filmmaker recognized in the category, following John Singleton, Lee Daniels, Steve McQueen, Barry Jenkins, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee.
Only seven nominations,…
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