Look at the Oscar nominated-women I found after looking through a hand-lens for hours
Even after 90 years of the Oscars, two categories have never had any woman's name in them.
From left, Rachel Morrison, nominee Best Cinematography, Alison Janney, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Frances McDormand, Best Actress. Photo Courtesy Instagram The verdict of Oscars is out-and it's a glaring example of how most big industries work, with no or very few women. While women are definitely nominated in categories of acting, and sometimes technical categories too, the numbers are abysmal. Even in direction, a report says how only 11% of directors of the top 250 films last year were female.
Don't believe me?
Here are some figures:
Outside of acting, 77 percent of this year's Oscar nominees are male, according to a recent study by the Women's Media Center. And because the academy can only recognize films that have been released in theaters, the gender-based disparity among Oscar nominees reflects how vastly underrepresented women are in Hollywood.The Oscar nominations are in line with actual employment statistics, said Women's Media Center president Julie Burton.
Citing the most recent Study of Women in Television & Film produced annually out of San Diego State University, she said women were only three percent of composers and eight percent of supervising sound editors. No women are nominated for best score or visual effects this year. There is one woman, Mary H. Ellis, included among the 25 people nominated in the two sound categories.
What do the figures say?
There aren't enough women to be nominated or not enough work being done to deserve nomination. Maybe it's a bit of both, but the root cause is of course that women do not get to do 'manly' jobs even within the biggest industry in the world. According to San Diego State University's (SDSU) 2017 report from its Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, just 4% of cinematographers of the top 250 films of 2017 were women.
For the historic firsts however this year:In a first of its kind, Rachel Morrison won the nomination for best cinematography for the Netflix original movie, Mudbound. She is also the cinematographer for another historic film in Hollywood- Black Panthe (2018). We are hoping next year, she becomes the first women to win a ward in the category. Because god knows, we need it.
She was however just as surprised as anyone else that she's the first woman nominated for this Oscar. Morrison told CNN, "I have realized how inspirational this visibility has been to so many women... [it] has really been the light at the end of the tunnel for so many women and the encouragement they needed to keep shooting." It is indeed important becauuse only 45 of wom,en actually
In another historic first ever for any person, Blige is the first person in Oscars history to be nominated for both acting and music in the same year-and for the same film. The singer both starred in Mudbound and wrote the film's nominated song, "Mighty River."
But for visual effects and original core, despite 90 years of Oscar's existence, a woman has not been included even now.
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