Congratulations to Minari for the #GoldenGlobes win! It’s a beautiful film about the quintessential American story. American immigrant stories are American stories.
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That said, we need to talk about why #Minari an American film about an American family is considered “foreign”. #GoldenGlobes
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Did you know that the HFPA states that only films “with 50% or more English dialogue are eligible for the Best Motion Picture”? More than 350 languages are spoken in American homes today. So what does 'foreign' language mean? #GoldenGlobes
The fact that the film is only eligible for one category is so reflective of how American society pigeonholes immigrants. Immigrants are not just one category. Immigrants are multifaceted. #GoldenGlobes
With these kinds of nominations, we continue to perpetuate the notion that what doesn’t conform to a very specific image of Americana is somehow foreign or other. We, as a society, need to check our impulses and prejudices around what does and does not resonate as American.
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