Overview
- Arkapaw’s win makes her the first woman and the first Black woman to receive the Academy Award for cinematography.
- She is credited as the first woman to shoot a feature on IMAX 65mm and combined it with Ultra Panavision 70 for the film’s visuals.
- During her acceptance, she thanked director Ryan Coogler and asked the women in the Dolby Theatre to stand, saying she reached the moment with their support.
- Sinners led the ceremony with a record 16 nominations and also won Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan.
- Before this year, only three women had ever been nominated in the category, underscoring the rarity of recognition for female cinematographers.