Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson first Black girls to win Best Makeup and Hairstyling
By Express News Service
Min Neal, Jamika Wilson, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera have gained this 12 months’s Oscar for the Best Makeup and Hairstyling for his or her work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
The victory makes Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson the primary Black girls to win an Oscar within the class.
The trio beforehand gained awards for the Best Makeup and Hairstyling at BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards and the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom revolves round a well-known singer named Ma Rainey who creates a report in a studio in 1927 Chicago, amidst the strain increase amongst her white agent and bandmates.
It offers with the exploitation of black recording artistes by the hands of white producers and the racism behind it.
The movie additionally gained this 12 months’s Oscar for the Best Costume Design, honouring the work of Ann Roth. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was additionally nominated for Best Actor (Chadwick Boseman), Best Actress (Viola Davis), and Best Production Design.
