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Oscars 2017: Oscars 2017: 2 Black Screenwriters Earn Oscar Noms For First Time by okrote4real: 5:47pm On Jan 24, 2017 |
For the first time ever, the Academy has nominated three black screenwriters for Oscars in the same year. Barry Jenkins and Tarell McCraney shared an Adapted Screenplay nomination for “Moonlight,” along with the late August Wilson for “Fences.” The previous record happened in 1972, when two black screenwriters socred nominations: Suzanne De Plasse for “Lady Sings the Blues” and Lonne Elder III for “Sounder.” Both were the first African-Americans to earn a screenwriting nomination from the Academy. It’s a big shift for the Oscars nomination list, as this year’s field sees a far more diverse set of nominees than the 2015 and 2016 nominee lists that spawned the #OscarsSoWhite movement., Jenkins, who also earned a Best Director nomination for “Moonlight,” adapted the script from the book “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell McCraney.
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