Opinion: Parasite has changed the face of the Oscars – but the fight for film industry diversity doesn't end here

Now Parasite has made history by becoming the first foreign-language film to win an Oscar, how can the Academy continue to diversify?

proved that the old American habit of favouring cookie-cutter, white-saviour narratives hadn’t been broken. This makes last night’s win all the more monumental, representing one small step for the film industry, one giant leap for South Korea, a country overdue recognition afterThe insight we get into how Academy members decide their votes is rarely promising.

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