--reporter pkg-as follows--"so mildred hayes, why did you put up these billboards?""my daughter angela was murdered seven months ago, it seems to me the police department is too busy torturing black folk and eating krispy kremes to solve actual crime.""three billboards outside ebbing, missouri" was the big winner at the 71st british academy film awards, winning five awards from its nine nominations. "three billboards" won best film, leading actress for frances mcdormand, supporting actor for sam rockwell, original screenplay for martin mcdonagh, and outstanding british film.(nat music)other big winners at the baftas included "the shape of water," with guillermo del toro winning in the director category, and alexandre desplat for best original music. "darkest hour" also won a pair of awards; gary oldman for leading actor and the make up and hair category."what?" "do they know i'm black?" "should they?""they might want to know.""mom and dad, my black boyfriend will be coming up this weekend."daniel kaluuya won the rising star award from the baftas for his performance in

fa ntastically is a fantastic performance and a fantastically written role, this character of mildred hayesa woman who takes politics into her own hands, stands no nonsense from anyone though they use a rather strong a word in the acceptance speech earlier. in this year, a year, particularly tonight, female empowerment, there is no more powerful a figure than mildred hayes as embodied by frances mcdormand. an apt choice. it's that performance and element of this film that has powered to success. i loved the film, hilarious, very moving, with a fantastic performance for a female role. tick boxes as well as billboards. i enjoyed it hugely bats against expectation which is the sign ofa against expectation which is the sign of a remarkable film. martin mcdonagh made reference to time's up, we can't talk about the baftas without referencing that. frances mcdormand was practically the only person we saw tonight who was not wearing black in solidarity. i should stress she reference that immediately in her acceptance speech, she did not like to be told what to do but she said she stood wholehearted