Sinners made Academy Awards history when it received a record 16 nominations, more than any other movie in history — breaking a record that had only been tied for the past 75 years. It missed the record for most awards won — a tall order that would have required it to either win 11 (to tie) or 12 (to win). But with one of its multiple wins, it made Oscar history anyway.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, blazing multiple trails at once. She is both the first woman to win in the cinematography category, and the first Black person to win the award as well. She was actually the first-ever woman of color nominated in the category — which, granted, says a lot about the Oscars’ long history of racial biases. But that shouldn’t take away from Arkapaw’s remarkable achievement.
Arkapaw shot Sinners partially
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