Mr. Erdoğan's ‘othering' is unbearable
“Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live,” said British director Steve McQueen, when he received the Best Picture award at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony. Many people thought diversity was also a winner this year. For the first time, the academy gave the award for the best picture to a film directed by a black filmmaker, Mr. McQueen, for "12 Years a Slave," and a Latino, Alfonso Cuaron of "Gravity," won the Best Director award. The ceremony also had a gay host and was supervised by the first black president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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