After two consecutive seasons, the whiteout plaguing the Academy Awards has ended. Tuesday dawned in Hollywood with diversity at center stage, as this year’s Oscar nominations recognized a range of stories and faces that for two years had been conspicuously absent. People of color punctuated every category from Best Picture to cinematography, reflecting what some see as a response to the online outcry of #OscarsSoWhite. “It’s a watershed in a lot of ways, not just in front of the camera but also behind the camera,” says Russell Williams, a professor of film and media arts at American University in Washington who has won two Academy Awards for his work in sound production.
Oscars 2017: This year’s nominees tell a different story
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