The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday that it has formally apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather over the actress’ famed appearance at the 1973 Oscars, where she appeared on Marlon Brando’s behalf to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Godfather.
The “statement of reconciliation” signed by then-ampas president David Rubin was sent in June but revealed today as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced plans for “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather,” a program involving and programmed by Littlefeather that will take place September 17.
Read Rubin’s letter below.
At the 1973 Oscars, Littlefeather read a message from Brando after his name was announced highlighting Native American stereotypes in the entertainment industry as well as the 1973 Wounded Knee protest in South Dakota. The Academy said today the moment “resulted in her being professionally boycotted, personally attacked and harassed, and discriminated against for the last 50 years.
The “statement of reconciliation” signed by then-ampas president David Rubin was sent in June but revealed today as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced plans for “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather,” a program involving and programmed by Littlefeather that will take place September 17.
Read Rubin’s letter below.
At the 1973 Oscars, Littlefeather read a message from Brando after his name was announced highlighting Native American stereotypes in the entertainment industry as well as the 1973 Wounded Knee protest in South Dakota. The Academy said today the moment “resulted in her being professionally boycotted, personally attacked and harassed, and discriminated against for the last 50 years.
- 8/15/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Lifelong activist to take part in on-stage conversation.
The Academy has published an apology presented to Sacheen Littlefeather in June, nearly 50 years after the Native American activist declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar and delivered a speech which the Academy said resulted in professional and personal repercussions.
Littlefeather was a Screen Actors Guild member when she walked on stage in 1973 at the behest of her friend, rejected his lead actor Oscar for The Godfather, and talked about Native Americans stereotypes in the entertainment industry. The speech, a recording of which is enshrined in the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, baffled the...
The Academy has published an apology presented to Sacheen Littlefeather in June, nearly 50 years after the Native American activist declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar and delivered a speech which the Academy said resulted in professional and personal repercussions.
Littlefeather was a Screen Actors Guild member when she walked on stage in 1973 at the behest of her friend, rejected his lead actor Oscar for The Godfather, and talked about Native Americans stereotypes in the entertainment industry. The speech, a recording of which is enshrined in the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, baffled the...
- 8/15/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sacheen Littlefeather made history in 1973 when she turned down the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of “The Godfather” winner Marlon Brando. Almost 50 years later, Indigenous activist Littlefeather is now also cementing her record on Hollywood representation: She’s now one of the few people in history to ever receive a formal apology from the Academy.
“As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity,” a letter signed by former Academy President David Rubin stated, as addressed June 18.
Littlefeather will also be the guest of honor at “an evening of healing and Indigenous celebration” hosted by the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on September 17.
The letter continues,...
“As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity,” a letter signed by former Academy President David Rubin stated, as addressed June 18.
Littlefeather will also be the guest of honor at “an evening of healing and Indigenous celebration” hosted by the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on September 17.
The letter continues,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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The first time Sacheen Littlefeather encountered the Academy, in 1973, she was booed onstage at the Oscars, heckled with mock ululations and so-called “tomahawk chops” offstage, and threatened with arrest and physical assault.
Nearly half a century later, she will return to the Academy as an invited guest of honor for an evening of reflection at the Academy Museum, featuring something she never dared to imagine: a formal apology from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“I was stunned. I never thought I’d live to see the day I would be hearing this, experiencing this,” Littlefeather (Apache/Yaqui/Ariz.), now 75, tells The Hollywood Reporter of receiving the Academy’s statement, which was first privately presented to her in June. “When I was at the podium in 1973, I stood there alone.”
Back then, in an instantly historic moment in both Oscars and live television history,...
The first time Sacheen Littlefeather encountered the Academy, in 1973, she was booed onstage at the Oscars, heckled with mock ululations and so-called “tomahawk chops” offstage, and threatened with arrest and physical assault.
Nearly half a century later, she will return to the Academy as an invited guest of honor for an evening of reflection at the Academy Museum, featuring something she never dared to imagine: a formal apology from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“I was stunned. I never thought I’d live to see the day I would be hearing this, experiencing this,” Littlefeather (Apache/Yaqui/Ariz.), now 75, tells The Hollywood Reporter of receiving the Academy’s statement, which was first privately presented to her in June. “When I was at the podium in 1973, I stood there alone.”
Back then, in an instantly historic moment in both Oscars and live television history,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures keeps on partying.
Just four nights after a gala opening celebration was held at the new complex located on the Lacma campus in Los Angeles, Robert Pattinson and H.E.R. co-chaired, along with museum director and president Bill Kramer and Vanity Fair editor Britt Hennemuth, the Premiere party on Wednesday night. The guest list included Rebel Wilson, Zooey Deschanel, Clea DuVall and more.
“It’s strange that it doesn’t exist already in L.A.,” Pattinson told Variety of the long-in-the-works museum. “It’s bizarre. So I’m very very honored to be a part of it.”
As a film buff and a newly minted Academy member, the “Batman” actor was particularly eager to take in the Hayao Miyazaki exhibit and the 1,000 seat David Geffen theater. “Being really geeky about it, the technical specs sound insane,” he added.
One piece of Academy history...
Just four nights after a gala opening celebration was held at the new complex located on the Lacma campus in Los Angeles, Robert Pattinson and H.E.R. co-chaired, along with museum director and president Bill Kramer and Vanity Fair editor Britt Hennemuth, the Premiere party on Wednesday night. The guest list included Rebel Wilson, Zooey Deschanel, Clea DuVall and more.
“It’s strange that it doesn’t exist already in L.A.,” Pattinson told Variety of the long-in-the-works museum. “It’s bizarre. So I’m very very honored to be a part of it.”
As a film buff and a newly minted Academy member, the “Batman” actor was particularly eager to take in the Hayao Miyazaki exhibit and the 1,000 seat David Geffen theater. “Being really geeky about it, the technical specs sound insane,” he added.
One piece of Academy history...
- 9/30/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
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