After winning the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for his bittersweet satire Jojo Rabbit,My Young Master (2019) Korean movie Taika Waititi thanked a number of colleagues and family members who helped make the movie happen.
But it was his dedication that really stood out.
"This is really great, and I dedicate this to all the Indigenous kids who are in the world who want to do art, and dance, and write stories," Waititi said.
You can watch his full speech below.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Waititi is the first person of Māori (the Indigenous people of New Zealand) descent to win an Academy Award. In fact, he's the first person of Indigenous descent to win an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
SEE ALSO: The best and worst moments of the 2020 OscarsOther Indigenous people to have won Academy Awards include singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, who won Best Original Song in 1982, and actor Wes Studi, who received an honorary Oscar in 2019.
"We are the original storytellers, and we can make it here as well," concluded Waititi. "Thank you."
Topics Oscars Celebrities
(Editor: {typename type="name"/})
The Crown Prince
Women are sharing their clothing sizes to make an important point about body diversity
ATT's first 5G speed tests look uninspiring
GM hits federal electric car sales threshold six months after Tesla
Tragic Kingdom
Bread and Circuses
...[Details]
Britney Spears dances like no one on Instagram is watching
Britney never disappoints. In a glorious Instagram post yesterday, the pop singer showed off some of
...[Details]
We don't want to ruin your day, but Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie broke up
If we have learned anything in the cruel summer of 2016, it is that you can't build your life around
...[Details]
Mom catches little kid using Alexa to cheat on his math homework
Alexa is a powerful tool -- and one that's easy for little kids to weaponize.One mother, Yerelyn Cue
...[Details]
Bernadette Mayer, Michael Palmer
...[Details]
'British Colonial Co.' restaurant accused of racism responds online
A new restaurant in Brisbane, Australia has been accused of racism on social media Monday. British C
...[Details]
Research: Some Android apps send Facebook your data without consent
A worrying number of popular Android apps share user data with Facebook without user consent, new re
...[Details]
The only good part of the winter are these capybaras in a yuzu bath
This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happ
...[Details]
Seth Hettena ,August 23, 2018 That Thing T
...[Details]
A Kennedy says a Bush is voting for a Clinton on Facebook
A member of the Kennedy family unleashed political chaos on Monday night with a cheery Facebook post
...[Details]
Go Tell it in the Mountain State
Trump weighs in on NYC explosion, Twitter accuses him of inciting fear
接受PR>=1、BR>=1，流量相当，内容相关类链接。