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FFR 65: What We Talk About When We Talk About The Oscars

Published: Feb. 20, 2019, 2 p.m.

This week on FFR, we gear up for this weekend\u2019s Oscars with a focus on the Academy Awards: why they matter, how they\u2019ve worked to promote a notion of cinematic excellence that centers and glorifies whiteness, and how they\u2019ve historically tended to celebrate films about people of color only when those films send comforting messages about race and racism. Also, the latest terrible thing Bill Maher has said, and a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Anita\u2019s Slack habits.