'Till' director claims misogyny toward Black women in 2023 Oscars nominations
The 2023 Oscar nominations were unveiled this week with several movies, actors and directors tallying multiple nominations. Till, the critically acclaimed movie set in Mississippi about Emmett Till and his mother, was noticeably left off the nomination list, and the movie's director is speaking out about the "misogyny" of the process.
Chinonye Chukwu voiced her frustrations on social media saying the process discriminated against Black women after one Black woman was among the 10 women nominated in acting categories.
"We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women," Chukwu said in an Instagram caption, which she shared hours after Till was snubbed at this year's Oscars. "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."
Chukwu didn't receive a nomination for Best Director, nor was the film nominated.
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This year's nominations for best director consisted solely of men: Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans, Todd Field for Tár and Ruben Östlund for Triangle of Sadness.
Danielle Deadwyler, who played the lead role of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, was not nominated for Best Actress despite receiving rave reviews for her breakout performance and having buzz with other prestigious award competitions such as the BAFTAs.
Viola Davis was also snubbed from the Oscars, despite strong reviews for her lead role in The Woman King.
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