Eddie Murphy's Oscar Speech: A Turning Point for Black Talent
Update: 2025-11-11
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Being Eddie documentary explores Eddie Murphys career, highlighting his 1988 Academy Awards speech calling out Hollywoods lack of Black recognition. Murphys speech, balancing humor and poignancy, demanded change and led to Denzel Washingtons Oscar win two years later. The documentary premieres on Netflix November 12th.
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