Winners takes Gaza Genocide and Ukraine attack to Oscars stage

Politics remained a topic of discussion at tonight’s awards, with references to issues such as the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the continued threat of nuclear weapons and women’s rights.

In an emotional acceptance speech, Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov said that, while he was honoured to win an Oscar for his documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, he would exchange all of the night’s pomp and circumstance for “Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities”.

Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer likewise used his platform to speak out against Israel’s war in Gaza.

As he made his acceptance speech, Glazer said that he and the film’s producer James Wilson “stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation that has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.

Hundreds demonstrate in support of a ceasefire in Gaza near the Dolby Theatre where the 96th Academy Awards Oscars ceremony was held .

Filmmaker Shruti Ganguly arrives at the Oscars with the words ‘cease fire’ written on her arm.




Source Al Jazeera