Ruth E. Carter Makes History As She Becomes The First Black Woman To Win Two Oscars
Four years after being the first black person to win a costume design Oscar, the costume designer of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever receives an Oscar for her work on the film.
Ruth E. Carter, most recognized for her work on the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther, is the first African-American woman to win two Academy Awards.
In 2019, Carter became the first person of African descent to win an Oscar in the costume design category for her work on Black Panther.
This year, she won an award for her work on the sequel to the superhero movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Her work was up against that of Catherine Martin for Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis and Shirley Kurata’s costumes for the multiverse epic Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
In all, Carter has received four Oscar nominations: in 1992 for Malcolm X, in 1997 for Steven Spielberg’s period drama Amistad, and now for her work in Black Panther.
Denzel Washington, the first black actor to win two Oscars in 2002, and Mahershala Ali, who won twice for Moonlight and Green Book, are among the exclusive group of black actors and creatives who have won numerous Oscars.
Carter has worked with Spike Lee, who directed one of her debut films, Do the Right Thing (1989), for the better part of three decades.
She has received much attention for her Afrofuturist approach to designing Black Panther’s clothes, which combine traditional African styles with a technological bent to portray the story of the fictitious African state of Wakanda, a hidden superpower.
Source – Tru News Report
