Why The Nigerian Film ‘Lionheart’ Was Rejected From The Oscars For Not Being Foreign Enough

And what this teaches us about the Academy’s persistent misunderstandings about foreign languages and colonialism

Marie Eberle
Nov 7 · 4 min read

call Hollywood’s history and relationship with race and representation a fraught one would be the understatement of the…

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