SHANELLE GENAI|
On Sunday night, Daniel Kaluuya took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Black Panther Party Chicago Chairman Fred Hampton in the Shaka King-directed film Judas and the Black Messiah.
The moment, while both joyous and hilariously bizarre (thanks largely in part to that one acknowledgement in his acceptance speech) presented a great opportunity for members of the press to ask further questions about the film, the all-Black production team behind it, or perhaps even the alleged history-making moment of Daniel’s achievement (There’s talk that he may be the U.K.’s first non-white actor to ever win.)
But apparently, South African journalist and alleged HFPA member Margaret Gardiner wanted to stand out from the crowd and decided to take a different approach—and my oh my, what an approach it was.
Deadline reports that Gardiner, who was apparently there on behalf of The Sunday Times
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