LOS ANGELES -Britain’s Daniel Kaluuya was among the early winners on Sunday at a pandemic-era Oscars ceremony that brought back glamour and in-person appearances after a year of mostly Zoom awards shows.
Kaluuya, 32, was named best supporting actor for his role as 1960s Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
“What a man!. How blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed,” Kaluuya said, referring to Hampton. “There is so much work to be done,” he added.
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