About this website and project
Tasked with the challenge of finding ways to connect race, media and power led me to examine the nine films for which Black woman have ever won an Academy Award for, as Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.
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These films and actresses are as follows:
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Best Actress
(2001) Monster’s Ball, Halle Berry
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Best Supporting Actress
(1939) Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDonald
(1990) Ghost, Whoopi Goldberg
(2006) Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson
(2009) Precious, Mo’Nique
(2011) The Help, Octavia Spencer
(2013) 12 Years A Slave, Lupita Nyong’o
(2016) Fences, Viola Davis
(2018) If Beale Street Could Talk, Regina King
Why the Oscars?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts allegedly has its roots in some money-hungry, mildly shady business practices. It was formed in 1927 by leading film industry executive and mogul, Louis B. Mayer and his pals to circumvent the need for their employees to form a union. The Academy