Our patroness saint of all things Oscars-inclusivity speaks out.
Welp. It looks like #OscarsSoWhite really isn’t letting up anytime soon: Ava DuVernay criticized the Oscars after Lionheart was disqualified from consideration for best international feature today, and frankly, it’s looking like we need a new hashtag. #OscarsStillSoWhite, maybe? In fact, the #OscarsStillSoWhite that they think that countries are only “international” when the primary language spoken there isn’t English.
“To @TheAcademy, You disqualified Nigeria’s first-ever submission for Best International Feature because its in English,” her Tweet reads, “But English is the official language of Nigeria. Are you barring this country from ever competing for an Oscar in its official language?” DuVernay also linked to a story about the film’s disqualification.
Damn, colonization. Looks like there’s no winning over you. Nnaji also took to Twitter to respond to DuVernay and the Academy’s disqualification on this point. She wrote: “I am the director of Lionheart. This movie represents the way we speak as Nigerians. This includes English which acts as a bridge between the 500+ languages spoken in our country; thereby making us #OneNigeria. @TheAcademy.”
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