Congratulations Jordan Peele!!

Hi everyone,

I want to wish a deeply heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to Jordan Peele for a much-deserved, historic Oscar win for best original screenplay for "Get Out"!

If you weren't able to catch his acceptance speech, you can watch it here (with a backing track of Laverne Cox's enthusiastic response because she and everyone else were so excited about this win!).  Make sure you catch Mr. Peele's wonderfully astonished reaction as he leaves the stage!

Mr. Peele with his long-time collaborator, Keegan-Michael Key.

Mr. Peele is the fourth African American to be nominated in the category of best original screenplay.  (Sidenote: HOW did Spike Lee not win for "Do the Right Thing" (1989)???!)  Together with other encouraging developments in the recent Academy Awards ceremonies, let's hope this signals a more consistent uplifting of the art and talents of people of color in the film industry.

Hurray!

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