our collaboration with pedro almodovar is another example of looking at and working with an artist who so there are so many ways that people who are not familiar with the work of these filmmakers, not familiar with the work of other international filmmakers that are featured across our galleries will make connections across these traditions. given that this is the academy museum, it flows that attention wouldn't pay to the academy's most important event, the annual oscars ceremony. a special section of this building has been devoted to looking at the history of the oscars — the good moments and the bad. emma jones reports. it's the world's most famous red carpet, most famous awards ceremony and still the only reward for films that the public really prize. the oscars still have power to thrill, and this exhibition goes right back to the first ceremony in 1929 when a world war i silent movie called wings, starring clara bow, took the very first best picture award. there are plenty of oscar highs to celebrate, including in 2020 when parasite became the first non—english language film to w

we're an international film museum, one of our galleries is devoted to pedro almodovar, one to bruce our oscars gallery. when you go into spike lee's gallery, you will learn about his influences, rossellini, de sica, melvin van peebles, so you'll see independent us moviemaking, hollywood us moviemaking and international moviemaking throughout our galleries. we think of this is a global museum. i think this is another void in film history that we're going to be filling, which is to think not just about hollywood's centrality in world cinema but, really, to take the concept of world cinema seriously. so our major exhibition on hayao miyazaki is the most extensive of its kind in north america, and we're really going to think about the ways that he has developed work that is grounded injapanese culture, but global in its appeal. our collaboration with pedro almodovar is another example of looking at and working with an artist who speaks in cinematic language. so there are so many ways that people who are not familiar with the work of these filmmakers, not familiar with the work of other

as well as pedro almodovar.also the science of filmmaking. you -- -- hayao miyazaki. also the science of filmmaking.- science of filmmaking. you will learn about _ science of filmmaking. you will learn about special— science of filmmaking. you will learn about special effects, - learn about special effects, cinematography, you will learn about the core science and to components of how movies are made so it is really powerful. to look at these physical pieces of equipment and to learn about the artists and the scientists who created both the science behind it and the physical apparatus, to bring special effects and the science of moviemaking to the public. # it was a clear black night... the _ # it was a clear black night... the academy museum was originally intended to be a largely uncritical celebration of the movie industry. then, during its development, came social upheaval. the me to movement, black lives matter and more recently the pandemic. as a result, the remit of the academy museum has changed —— me to