The $ 6 million Independent Film Anora Earned Five Awards at Last Night’s Ceremony, but One Award in Particular Marked A Landmark Moment for Both the Worker Community and Hollywood
15:30, 03 Mar 2025Updated 15:36, 03 Mar 2025
On a Night of Steamy, Stunning and Insufferable Celebrity Moments, it was sex workers that dominated the 2025 oscars with a historic win. Anora, The Microbudget Independent Film ABOUT A ‘Strip Club Cinderella’ Who Meries A Russian Oligarch Swept the Night with Five Academy Awards, Including Best Picture.
Anora’s Best Picture Win Was a Landmark Event, marking the first time a movie about female sex work has won the sampling prize of the Night. In Addition to Best Picture, Anora’s Writer and Director Sean Baker took Home Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing – Making History Himself by Winning Four Awards for A Single Film.
During Baker’s Acceptance Speech for Best Original Screenplay – One of the HIS Several Speeches of the Night – Baker tok a moment to express to the sex workr and highlight their control to his work. HOLDING HIS NEWLY CLAPIED PRIZE, BAKER DECLARED: “I WANT TO THANK THE SEX WORKER COMMUNITY. They have shared stories. They have shared their life experience with over the years. My deepest respect.
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Anora’s Breakout Star Mikey Madison, Who Beat Out Demi Moore for the Best Leading Actress Prize, Also Expressed Her Support for the Sex Worker Community That Helpe Her Portrayal As A Lap Dancer. Reading off a Ripped Piece of Paper, Madison Said During Her Acceptance Speech: “I Also Just Want to Again Recognize and Honour The Sex Worker Community.”
“I Will Continue to Support and Be an Ally,” she added. “All of the Incredible People, the Women that I’ve Had the Privilege of Meeting from That Community Has Been One of the Highlights of this Entire Incredible Experience.”
Sex Workers Helped Consult on the Project and Were Featured in the ForeGround and Background of the Film, One of the Main Stars Being Luna Sofia Miranda who Plays Madison’s Best in the Film. Miranda, Who Met Baker in A Strip Club in 2022 while he was researching for the film, shared in a BBC Interview Prior to the Oscars that she hopes the films Success will spark a shift in Hollywood “Where sex workers are respped, as workers in their fields, but Also as entertiners.”
Anora is only the latest of Baker’s Films Spotlighting The Sex Worker Community. Baker’s 2015 film, tangerine, was shot on iPhones and followed two transgender prostitutes through the streets of la and his 2021 Film Rocket Tale of a pornstar returning to his small town where you girl for sex.
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The Romantic Comedy Capped off a Hugelly SuccessFul Night at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater by Taching Home the Night’s Final and Biggest Prize, the Best Picture Award, Ahead of the Brutist, a Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Emilia Pérez, I Nickel boys, the substance and wicked.
ACPEPING The Honour, Producer Alex Coco Said: “We made this Movie Independently. If you’re trying to make Independent Films, Please Keep It. We Need More. This is Prof.”
Fellow Producer Samantha calls Added: “We made this with Very Little Money, but all of the dreads to all of the dreams and the Young Filmmakers Out there. Tell the stories you want. Tell the stories that.
Director Sean Baker Thatn Said: “I want to say the academy for recjilnity a truly indender film. This movie was made with the Blood, Sweat and Tears of Incredible Indie Artists and … Long live Independent Film!”