Female Oscar winners are far too rare a sight
By SARAH STOCKMAN | January 28, 2016In 2009 Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win a Best Director Academy Award for her work on The Hurt Locker. I remember the anticipation beforehand about the implications of the first female winner and the gossip that surrounded her because she was up against her ex-husband James Cameron (for Avatar). I remember her name being announced, and I remember her standing on the podium, giving a speech. But I don’t remember much else. After all, I was 15 and in 10th grade — there were more important things to think about.
