The actor sent a Native American woman to reject the award by way of a 4-page speech.
The 95th edition of the Oscar Awards will take place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, United States. That is why, in the thoughts of lovers of the seventh art, some events of this ceremony are evoked, one of the most anticipated nights by movie fans.
On the night of the 45th edition of these awards, one of the stars nominated for the Best Actor category caused controversy by becoming the winner and rejecting the Oscar.
This is Marlon Brando, who in 1973 won the 'Best Actor' award for his portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather, however, he made the decision not to receive the award, a completely controversial fact.
Why did Marlon Brando turn down the Oscars award?
Marlon Brando denied the award to express his dissatisfaction with the organizing Academy for the mistreatment received by indigenous peoples and the stereotyped image projected of them in Hollywood movies.
Thus, he sent to the ceremony Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American who took the stage to reject the mythical award.
“I am an Apache and president of the National Committee for the Affirmative Image of Native Americans. Tonight I come on behalf of Marlon Brando. He has asked me to tell you, in a very long speech that I cannot share with you now due to lack of time, but that I am going to share with the press later, that unfortunately, he rejects this generous award," said the woman in her speech.
Notably, Brando had written a 4-page speech for Littlefeather to share with the audience; However, by order of the producer of that edition of the Oscars, Howard W. Koch, she cut off the native's speech because she had a maximum of 60 seconds to speak.
However, the following day, on the portal of the New York Times newspaper, the full speech written by the actor was published.
"The film community has been as responsible as anyone for demeaning the Indian and mocking his character, portraying him as wild, hostile, and evil. It's hard enough for children growing up in this world. When Indian children watch TV and movies, and when they see their race depicted as they are in the movies, their minds are hurt in ways we will never know."
