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March 8, 2010

Historic Night at Academy Awards
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And Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman in history to win the
best director award at the Oscars. Bigelow’s film The Hurt Locker won a
total of six Oscars, including best picture and best original
screenplay. Meanwhile, The Cove won the Oscar for best documentary. The
film exposes bloody dolphin hunting in a Japanese fishing town. Geoffrey
Fletcher became the first African American to win an Oscar for best
writing. He won best adapted screenplay for the film Precious.
Meanwhile, Mo’Nique won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role
as Mary Jones in Precious. Mo’Nique is only the fifth black woman to win
an acting Oscar. In her acceptance speech, she cited Hattie Mc Daniel,
who won the same honor for Gone with the Wind seventy years ago. Hattie
Mc Daniel was the first Academy Award ever given to a black performer.



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