Black Women at the Oscars

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2013

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Why is there a lack of qualify film roles for black actresses? Listen in to learn more about Hattie McDaniel, the the first black actress to win an Oscar, as well as more about black women behind the camera directing, screenwriting and producing.

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1:33.1	Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from HouseOfWorks.com.
1:42.0	Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline and Caroline even though
1:47.6	when we asked our Facebook fans or listeners a little while ago whether or not they desired an
1:56.9	Academy Awards podcast and we received mixed results mixed is putting it nicely. Yes it was
2:04.0	it was a very polarizing question. People were either gungho about the Academy Awards or gungno
2:11.6	I'm sorry about the Academy Awards thing. Why would we waste our time talking about an awards show?
2:17.8	It's Hollywood. It's Bologna. Well, Naysayers, we're bringing you our Academy Awards show. But
2:28.0	it has a pretty good point I think. Right, well because we're also still in Black History Month.
2:32.8	That's right. And so we want to talk about all of the amazing trailblazers, African-American
2:39.1	women on film on screen behind the camera. Yeah. And at the Oscars, even though when it comes to
2:46.0	Black Women on Film and at the Oscars, it's more of a legacy of a lack of representation.
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