When 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the Academy Awards Sunday night, it was a milestone. The crowning of the film marked the first time a project directed by a black man took home the honor and it seems that factor was in the back of a couple of Oscar voters' minds. The LA Timesreports that "two Oscar voters privately admitted that they didn't see 12 Years a Slave, thinking it would be upsetting. But they said they voted for it anyway because, given the film's social relevance, they felt obligated to do so."
Well, 12 Years a Slavecontinues to grab a few of headlines this week, but as one of the film's producers, Brad Pitt puts it, controversy or none:
[via LA Times]