This has been one of the most dramatic awards season in recent memory. Think about that for a moment. Just two years ago the Academy received a social media slap in the face as #OscarsSoWhite pushed the organization to make dramatic changes to its membership. The 2017 season was flipped upside down when presumptive frontrunner “Birth of a Nation” became an also-ran because of a sexual assault conviction that somehow was forgotten at the film’s Sundance premiere, but came roaring back to bite filmmaker Nate Parker eight months later.

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