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Short Film Producer Elinor Burkett Hijacks Speech

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Short Film Producer Elinor Burkett Hijacks Speech In Oscar 'Kanye' Moment (VIDEO) Short Film Producer Elinor Burkett Hijacks Speech In Oscar 'Kanye' Moment (VIDEO) Elinor Burkett interrupted Roger Ross Williams' Oscar acceptance speech Sunday,Embroidered Fabric in what's being described as the "Kanye moment" of the Academy Awards.

#x Williams, the director-producer for "Music by Prudence," a film about a disabled Zimbabwean musician, took to the stage Sunday evening to accept the award for best documentary short. Williams got just a few sentences into his speech when he was interrupted and dominated by Elinor Burkett, another producer of the film.

Williams stood on stageEmbroidered Fabric while Burkett raved about the people behind "Music by Prudence."

Burkett explained in a post-speech interview with Salon that the pair had a disagreement over the "direction of the film" and that she was late to the podium because Williams' mother used a cane to keep her from the stage. #x

Burkett went on to say that Williams hadn't even heard of Zimbabwe until she told him about the country: BURKETT: The movie was my idea. I live in Zimbabwe. Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this. And you know,登车桥, I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again, and it wasn't going to happen this time.#x Williams disagreed with Burkett's version of events,Embroidered Fabric saying that he was the one to get in touch with the film's subjects and that his mother wasn't trying to block Burkett from making her way to the stage. 相关的主题文章：