Worst POC Performance/Film Snubs of All Time

[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 5 Posts: 79 View Predictions]

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#OscarsSoWhite has kicked up a lot of controversy over the past two years, but people of color have been acting in and making great films for a long time. What do you think are the most overlooked or snubbed POC performances or films of all time?

For example, I think the Oscars really screwed up by not giving a nod to Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s performance in Beyond the Lights.

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[skylerboundParticipant Joined: Feb 3rd, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 28 View Predictions]

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Gong Li for a couple of performances and Tang Wei(lust/Caution). But the academy doesn’t even consider East Asian actors at all so…

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[Andrew CardenParticipant Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3400 View Predictions]

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Norma Aleandro, “The Official Story”
Pam Grier, “Jackie Brown”
Michael B. Jordan, “Creed”
Gong Li, “Farewell, My Concubine”
Claudia McNeil, “A Raisin in the Sun”
Eddie Murphy, “The Nutty Professor”
Beah Richards, “Beloved”
Oprah Winfrey, “Beloved”

Among others

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[TerenceFletcherParticipant Joined: Oct 10th, 2014 Topics: 1 Posts: 396 View Predictions]

#218307

I second Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights. Such an unexpected but excellent performance.

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[Rev ScottParticipant Joined: Oct 29th, 2015 Topics: 1 Posts: 69 View Predictions]

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Right off the  top of my head

David Oyelowo, Selma
Don Cheadle, Devil in a Blue Dress
Sandra Oh, Sideways
Samuel L. Jackson, Jungle Fever, The Hateful Eight
Harry Lennix, Titus
Al Freeman, Jr., Malcolm X
Lupe Ontiveros, Chuck & Buck  

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[Michael NorrisParticipant Joined: Jan 24th, 2013 Topics: 3 Posts: 285 View Predictions]

#218308

David Oyelowo- Selma

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[Eddy QParticipant Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 18 Posts: 2694 View Predictions]

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Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things
Don Cheadle – Devil in a Blue Dress
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex Machina (he is technically a POC, right?)
Mieko Harada – Ran (NSFC Supporting Actress of 1985)
 

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[SupaDupa FlyParticipant Joined: Oct 12th, 2014 Topics: 4 Posts: 734 View Predictions]

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Zhang Ziyi
“Memoirs of a Geisha”

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[M HParticipant Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 0 Posts: 1029 View Predictions]

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Misty Upham, Frozen River

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[Mad Max GuitaristParticipant Joined: Jan 24th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 162 View Predictions]

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Morgan Freeman in Seven

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[Josh Ben-AmiParticipant Joined: Oct 21st, 2013 Topics: 1 Posts: 340 View Predictions]

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw in “Belle”
David Oyelowo in “Selma”
Doona Bae in “Cloud Atlas” 
Samuel L. Jackson in “Django Unchained”
Oscar Isaac in “Ex Machina”
Eddie Murphy in “Trading Places”
 

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[BrandoObsessionParticipant Joined: Sep 25th, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 222 View Predictions]

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Of all time? I’m not sure but off the top of my head, I’m a little surprised the momentum and love for ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ didn’t push Zhang Ziyi’s brilliant performance to anything that year.

Was the last East Asian actor to be nominated really Ken Watanabe?

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[RileyParticipant Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 110 Posts: 13572 View Predictions]

#218316

Lately: Dwight Henry, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac (twice), Michael B. Jordan

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[nkb325Participant Joined: Feb 6th, 2012 Topics: 21 Posts: 1369 View Predictions]

#218317

Agree with a lot of the ones mentioned already (particularly Dwight Henry, Michael B Jordan, and Norma Aleandro)

Just a couple that haven’t been mentioned:
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Thandie Newton – Crash

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[Eduardo GalhardoParticipant Joined: Nov 14th, 2015 Topics: 6 Posts: 163 View Predictions]

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My list...

1. David Oyelowo in “Selma” (2014)

2. Abraham Attah in “Beasts of No Nation” (2015)

3. Ziyi Zhang in “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2005)

4. Idris Elba in “Beasts of No Nation” (2015)

5. Hye-ja Kim in “Madeo” (2009)

6. Danny Glover in “The Color Purple” (1985)

7. Michelle Yeoh in “Who hu Can Long” (2000)

8. Oscar Isaac in “Ex Machina” (2015)

9. Thandie Newton in “Crash” (2004)

10. Samuel L. Jackson in “Django Unchained” (2012)

Note: @BabyClyde call me attention to the fact that i put Björk‘s performance in “Dancer in the Dark” as a contender on this list so i replaced her for Hye-ja-Kim.

 

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