In the 91 years of Oscar nominations, only 5 women have been nominated and two were in the last ten years. The historic and systematic exclusion of women from Oscar nominations cripples the careers of women directors.
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Elisa Shoenberger
Elisa Shoenberger is a writer in Chicago. She has been published in the Boston Globe, Ozy, Curbed Chicago, Hello Giggles, City Creatures blog, LoveTV, the Reset, Sonderers, Rebellious Magazine, and Our Urban Times. She has a chapbook of poetry called The Everleigh Poems: Butterflies in the Second City published by Prolific Press and her short story "The Last Stroke" was published by vis a tergo and the Piltdown Review.