On Sunday, Chloé Zhao's elegiac neo-Western Nomadland made Oscar history, winning best picture, best director and best actress at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony.
It is the first directing victory for a non-white female filmmaker. Zhao is also the first woman to ever receive four nominations in a single year.
Additionally, Frances McDormand won her third and fourth Oscars this year, for both starring in and producing the film. The last time a female-forward production fully entered the awards fray was in 2018, when Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird garnered five Oscar nominations, including best picture, director and actress. (Before that, you'd have to dig all the way back to 1994 to find another sweeping Oscar contender both about and directed by.
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