Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, just made history as the first Black women to win the Academy Award for Best Makeup & Hairstyling.
The duo accepted the outstanding honour in person at the Union Station in Los Angeles, alongside the third member of their styling team, makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera.
After the win was announced, they took to the stage, where Neal delivered an empowering speech about the significance of this year’s award and her hope for the future.
Neal begins her speech by honoring her own predecessors, like her grandfather, who worked tirelessly to get due representation. “I want to say thank you to our ancestors who put the work in, who were denied, but never gave up,” she says. “I also stand here — as Jamika and I break this.
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