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Chicago Seven and Chadwick Boseman honored at SAG Awards

2021-04-05T09:25:29.190Z


The awards ceremony of the American Actors Union is an indicator of the Oscars of April 24. The Chicago Seven , Aaron Sorkin's legal drama, was named Best Picture and Chadwick Boseman Best Actor posthumously by the SAG Awards on Sunday, awards given by the Union of American Actors which often bode well for the race for Oscars. " We need leaders to make us hate each other less ," said Frank Langella, who plays the racist judge in the film which focuses on cracking down on protests against


The Chicago Seven

, Aaron Sorkin's legal drama, was named Best Picture and Chadwick Boseman Best Actor posthumously by the SAG Awards on Sunday, awards given by the Union of American Actors which often bode well for the race for Oscars.

"

We need leaders to make us hate each other less

," said Frank Langella, who plays the racist judge in the film which focuses on cracking down on protests against the Vietnam War.

"

We owe thanks to the

Chicago Seven," he added in an allusion to the seven defendants in the 1969 trial, during the ceremony pre-recorded and dispatched in an hour due to the Covid epidemic. 19.

Read also: What is

The Blues of Ma Rainey

, the posthumous film by Chadwick Boseman?

Black Panther

star Chadwick Boseman, who

died last summer at age 43 of colon cancer he had never disclosed, won him the title of best actor for his role as a musician in

The Blues of Ma Rainey

, a drama in the Chicago of the 1920s, a title that could presage an Oscar.

Only two comedians have so far received a posthumous Oscar: Peter Finch for

Network, Hands on Television

(1976) by Sidney Lumet, and Heath Ledger for

The Dark Knight

(2008) by Christopher Nolan.

Less prominent than the Golden Globes, the SAGs are considered by experts to be a much more reliable indicator of a film's chances at the Academy Awards.

With some 10,000 members, the actors are indeed the largest voting college for this category.

The postponed Oscar ceremony is scheduled for April 25 in US time.

Source: lefigaro

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