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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Sinners’ Ryan Coogler Addresses the Pressure to Become the 1st Black Director to Win a Best Director Oscar · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: It's shocking, to put it kindly that to date, in
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  Speaker 2: the nearly one hundred year history of the Academy Awards,
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  Speaker 2: not a single African American male or female has won
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  Speaker 2: Best Director, not.
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  Speaker 3: One, not Spike Lee, not John Singleton, not Steve McQueen,
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  Speaker 3: not Barry Jenkins.
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  Speaker 4: But it seems like they might finally change this year
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  Speaker 4: with Ryan Coogler and Sinners.
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  Speaker 2: As it stands, Ryan has already made the books with
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  Speaker 2: Sinners becoming the most nominated film in Oscar history, but
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  Speaker 2: the directorial win would arguably be even bigger.
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  Speaker 3: And he tells a variety he's obviously totally aware of
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  Speaker 3: the significance of the moment, but win or lose, he
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  Speaker 3: doesn't want to have his hope stampened.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, his focus is on protecting the energy around what
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  Speaker 4: he already loves to do.
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  Speaker 2: And that's to make movies, which he does incredibly well.
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  Speaker 2: He says, the real award is the job to write
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  Speaker 2: a script, hire a crew, contribute to their healthcare insurance
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  Speaker 2: and families.
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  Speaker 5: Having that job is the greatest gift.
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  Speaker 3: It's a beautiful answer.
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  Speaker 5: It is rings true. Lots of people want to see
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  Speaker 5: him win.
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  Speaker 2: The Oscar Academy Awards are Sunday, March fifteenth, on ABC
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  Speaker 2: and Hulu.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.