The 2016 Oscars will be remembered as the year of controversial and powerful statements and movements. Throughout the show, host Chris Rock talked about the #OscarsSoWhite issue and while this was expected, there were other award recipients that truly gave inspiring speeches. Here are some of our favorites:
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Mexican Director Alejandro Iñárritu received an Oscar for Best Director for “The Revenant” and he said how lucky he was to be here tonight. “It’s a great opportunity to liberate ourselves from all the prejudice and make sure the color of our skin becomes as irrelevant as the length of our hair.”
Director Pete Docter who accepted the award for Best Animated Feature for “Inside Out” sent a special shout out to young people. “Anyone out there who’s in junior high, high school, working it out, suffering…there are days you’re going to feel sad, you’re going to feel angry, you’re going to be scared. That’s nothing you can choose, but you can make stuff. Make films, draw, write. It’ll make a world of a difference.”
Even though Lady Gaga didn’t win for best song, her emotional performance of “Til It Happens to You” shed light on sexual abuse where she sang while playing the piano and rape survivors joined her on stage. Lady Gaga was a victim of sexual abuse and she went on Instagram to thank her fiancé, Taylor Kinney. “I never thought anyone would ever love because I felt like my body was ruined by my abuser. But he loves the survivor in me. He’s stood by me all night proud and unashamedly. THAT’S a real man.”