While the movie "One Battle After Another" walked away with the most awards including Best Picture and Best Director wins, Sinners and K-Pop put on one of the most colorful and mesmerizing musical performances during the Academy Awards. Both movies also made history and stood as proud beacons of their communities during their performances and when accepting their awards.
Sinners received a standing ovation from the audience after performing the original movie soundtrack song "I Lied to You" in a spellbinding kaliedoscopic real time montage that presented as a vibrantly surreal mix of ethnic dancers, Blues singers, guitarists, African dancers and a singular ballet performance by Misty Copeland who came out of retirement and recovery from a recent hip replacement surgery to be among the performers. The innovative horror movie won a total of 4 Oscars. Michael B. Jordan picked up his first Oscar for his brilliant portrayal of two characters as twins. The movie also won for Best Original Score with long time friend and fellow collaborator Swedish ____, Best Original Screenplay for Director and writer Ryan Coogler. Cinema photography with a history making win for Afro-Philippino the first female to ever win in that category.
