Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison has made history as the first female director of photography to earn an Oscar nomination. The film swept a number of important categories, representing a breakthrough for its distributor Netflix. The film is also a cultural and historic breakthrough for the academy between Morrison and Dee Rees, who also took home an impressive nomination as the first black woman to be nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Mudbound tells the story of two families in an America post world war two, one black and one white. Both families are reeling from the war effort and ultimately end up ...
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