Lily Gladstone Poised to Make Oscar History with 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

The Native American actress, named one of AP's Breakthrough Entertainers of 2023, could become the first to win a competitive Oscar, marking a historic moment in film.

• Lily Gladstone, named one of The Associated Press' Breakthrough Entertainers of 2023, is poised to make history as the first Native American to potentially win a competitive Oscar.
• Gladstone's performance in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been lauded for its depth and authenticity, embodying not just her character Mollie Burkhart but generations of Native joy, grace, and pain.
• The film, based on the Osage murders of the early 20th century, was made with extensive collaboration with the Osage community, with Gladstone often serving as the go-between.
• Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio reworked the script away from a white savior narrative, centering the film on a white man in the crime ring seeking to inherit lucrative headrights by poisoning his wife, Mollie.
• Gladstone views the Native collaboration that helped shape the movie as a 'historic moment in film', revisiting a time when Hollywood stereotyped images of Native Americans.

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