Oyogist.com has learnt that Pixar’s first movie with a Black protagonist won the Academy Award for best animated feature film. The winning movie, “Soul,” centers on an aspiring jazz musician who is hovering between life and death.
Pete Docter won the award alongside Dana Murray. During their acceptance speech, Docter said the movie started as a love letter to jazz but ended up teaching them about life.
Later, inside the Oscars press room, he said: “We were looking for something that would be fun to watch. You don’t get into jazz to get rich and famous but because you love it — a noble pursuit! We realized this is relevant to what life is all about — using improvisation to make it beautiful.”
