On Feb. 24, winners will be crowned at the91st Academy Awards.
Keep checking back atEW.comthis week for spotlights on contenders in all the major categories.
The films status as a groundbreaker for representation was already obvious.
The Academy Awards are one more accomplishment for the Marvel Studios movie.
The conversation is What kind of country are we going to make this?
And if its something new, thenwhat?
Female empowerment is very important to Ryan [Coogler].
Its important in front of and behind the camera on this movie, he said.
This was not because we set out saying, We need to do this.
We wanted the best people, and this is what happened.
Carter previously had nominations for Steven SpielbergsAmistadin 1997, and Spike LeesMalcolm Xin 1992.
Production Design This nomination goes to production designer Hannah Beachler and set decorator Jay Hart.
Its Beachlers first Oscar nomination, and the first ever for an African-American woman.
Shes also Marvels first-ever female production designer.
Hart has two previous nominations, for 1997sL.A.
His score forBlack Pantherearned him a fourth Grammy nomination for best movie soundtrack.
His next project is theStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian.
