[csusbpeace] Academy Apologizes To Sacheen Littlefeather Nearly 50 Years After Oscars Abuse
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Academy Apologizes To Sacheen Littlefeather Nearly 50 Years After Oscars Abuse
"I never thought I'd live to see the day," the Native American actor and
activist said of the apology.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is apologizing to actor and
activist Sacheen Littlefeather for the abuse she endured after refusing
Marlon Brando’s 1973 Oscar on his behalf.
Littlefeather, now 75, was the first Native American woman to step onto the
Academy Awards stage when she declined Brando’s best actor award for “The
Godfather” at his behest, using the speech to highlight the film industry’s
treatment of Native Americans.
She was booed, heckled and mocked for doing so. John Wayne had to be
restrained from storming the stage to physically attack her, she told The
Hollywood Reporter
<https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sacheen-littlefeather-oscars-apology-1235198863/>.
And it shattered her career in Hollywood.
Nearly 50 years later, the Academy is trying to make things right. According
to the outlet, Littlefeather was invited as the guest of honor to an upcoming
evening of reflection at the Academy Museum, featuring a formal apology from
the Academy.
“I was stunned. I never thought I’d live to see the day I would be hearing
this, experiencing this,” said Littlefeather, who is Apache and Yaqui. “When
I was at the podium in 1973, I stood there alone.”
Littlefeather said the Academy’s statement was first presented privately to
her in June.
“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and
unjustified,” then-Academy president David Rubin said in part in the June 18
letter. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own
career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed
has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and
our sincere admiration.”
The apology will be read in full at the Sept. 17 Academy Museum event in Los
Angeles honoring her.
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