At the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow became the first female ever to win an Academy Award for best director! She won for her film The Hurt Locker. Aside from the fact that Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, her film also portrayed a masculine message. It took place in Iraq, during the current war, and it was about some bomb technicians who struggled to survive, even though they are not well known- and are not considered fighters or heroes.
This is a huge deal for women in the film industry. Women have always won awards for their performances, but never for actually directing a performance, and espeically a performance as powerful as The Hurt Locker is supposed to be. I love war films, and they are always extremely masculine, and I heard The Hurt Locker does not lack any masculinity just because it was directed by a woman. I cannot wait to see it! : )
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