When the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced on Monday, there was much celebration of a more diverse and inclusive direction for the world’s most coveted film awards.

This year’s list of nominees feature a record nine nominations for actors of colour, nominations in the best director category for two women — a first in Oscar history — and the first nomination of a woman of colour in the category for Nomad director Chloe Zhao...

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