Not everything that happens in Oscar awards turns out to be good for the stars, one of the most recent examples is what happened between Chris Rock and Will Smith.
If we go back several decades, we can remember that during the 45th awards ceremony in 1973, the actor Marlon Brando was nominated for Best Actor for his role in the film “The Godfather”.
Although this seems like a great achievement for Hollywood stars, the reality is that the iconic actor decided not to attend the ceremony and instead, he sent someone else.
Is about indigenous actress Sacheen Littlefeather, who took the stage to reject Brandon’s award and take advantage of the space to give a Discourse on Native American Indians. She stepped on the Oscars dressed in typical Apache attire and spoke on behalf of the legendary actor.
Although it seems that this could have worked today thanks to the speech, the reality was very far from it, because the members of the Academy showed their racism.
Presents from that night they started booing littlefeather while she gave her speech and in addition to them, they shouted offenses dedicated to her.
It took 50 years so that the subject could be discussed again and the Academy apologized According to Variety magazine, a tribute will be paid to the activist at the Museum of the Film Academy on September 17.
Now, the representatives of the Academy assure that the actress suffered an “unnecessary and unjustified” abuse. While she replied, “I never thought she’d live to see the day she’d hear this,” according to Hollywood Reporter.
“We natives are very patient people, it’s only been 50 years! We have to keep our sense of humor at all times, it’s our method of survival,” he added.
They have also pointed out his speech as the first political statement that has been given since the awards were televised, which lasted only 60 seconds, much less than planned by the actor.
The reason Marlon Brando turned down the award was because of the treatment that the film and television industries today give to Native Americans in movies. Also the recent events at Wounded Knee,” Littlefeather said in reference to a violent confrontation in the Sioux village.
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