Nigeria: The Odds Against Black Panther At the Oscars

22 February 2019

It is a good thing that the Oscars will be holding a night after the presidential and National Assembly elections. It will be a welcoming distraction from all the happenings that have been going on in the political landscape in the past few days.

The Oscars too has had its own share of hiccups in preparation for its 91st edition holding this Sunday, February 24. Last year when the Academy Awards announced it will introduce a new 'Popular Film' category, it received heavy vitriols from the public who questioned the criteria that will be used to qualify a film for the award. Its president John Bailey and his team were forced to discard the category.

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