Oscars' Barrier-Breaking Nominees Are Glad to Be "Part of Something That Shifts the System"
The March 15 Oscar nominations presented the most diverse collection of nominees in history, with many barrier-breaking nods among them. But for the actors and filmmakers whose nominations are history-making, their accomplishments come with mixed emotions, steeped in the knowledge that it took 93 years for some of these firsts to come to fruition after decades of exclusion in the industry.