Chloe Zhao’s history-making Oscars sweep, winning best director and best picture, is being met with a muted response in her country of birth, and even censorship.Zhao’s “Nomadland” is the second film directed by a woman to win a best picture Oscar.
She is the first woman of colour and second woman ever to win the Oscars for best director.Yet, in China, where Zhao was born, her history-making success has not been trumpeted or celebrated.
State media in China remained silent as of Monday afternoon, with no mention of her win by either CCTV and Xinhua, the two main state-run outlets.Instead, there was even censorship.
A post announcing Zhao’s directing win by film magazine Watch Movies, which has over 14 million followers on the ubiquitous.