Everyone Everywhere All At Once

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History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This year's Oscars were one of the most diverse in history, in all kinds of ways. Everything Everywhere All At Once swept some of the biggest categories, notching incredible victories for Asian and Asian American actors, directors, and writers. At the same time, huge gaps persist – to take just one example, only seven women have ever been nominated for Best Director, and only three have won.

What does it mean to be seen? Can you measure it in numbers? Does representation matter? And if so, how much?

In this episode, we take a trip through film history to explore how these questions have played out over the last century, and where we might have yet to go — starting when the American film industry was incredibly diverse, and the most successful director in Hollywood was a woman.

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0:00.0	It's April 14, 1969, Monday in Los Angeles, California, and the 41st Academy Awards are
0:12.2	just about to get underway.
0:15.5	All the biggest stars of the day glamorously make their way down the red carpet.
0:19.8	The nominees are a who's who of A-list Hollywood, Peter O'Toole.
0:24.4	Rosamonds been dead for seven years.
0:26.8	I'm a veteran heppern.
0:28.8	I have a confession.
0:30.8	I don't much like our children.
0:32.8	Gene Wilder, Mr. Viola's dad, I cannot find any of these conditions.
0:35.8	You make me extremely nervous.
0:38.8	Barbara Streisan.
0:40.8	I'm a baker on a playful onion roll.
0:42.8	Nobody recognizes me.
0:44.8	Listen.
0:46.8	And then with millions of viewers tuning in at home.
0:50.8	The ceremony begins.
0:54.8	In the dark, the champion of the year, the music center in Los Angeles, the 41st Academy Awards.
0:59.8	At first, it seems like any other year.
1:02.8	The nominees for Best Performance by an Actor are.
1:05.8	The next award is for the Best Performance by an actress in a supporting role.
1:09.8	This year's nominees for the Best Achievement, Instantematography are.
1:13.8	But when it gets to the best director category.
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