The March 15 Oscar nominations presented the most diverse collection of nominees in history, with many barrier-breaking nods among them.
But for the actors and filmmakers whose nominations are history-making, their accomplishments come with mixed emotions, steeped in the knowledge that it took 93 years for some of these firsts to come to fruition after decades of exclusion in the industry.
Judas and the Black Messiah director Shaka King is part of the first all-Black producing team to ever be nominated for best picture (he shares the nomination with fellow producers Charles D.
King and Ryan Coogler). He likens the experience of being "the first" to his own upbringing and the opportunities afforded him and his family. "I grew up vegetarian.
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