The Hurt Locker

At the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010, Kathryn Bigelow made history by becoming the first woman to win an oscar for best directing for her film, The Hurt Locker. he beat out her ex husband, James Cameron, for his film Avatar and Quentin Tarantino, for Inglorious Basterds, in the same category. In this episode we get into our complicated feelings over this win, we talk about the three previous films that nominated a woman for best director before this win, and the limited paths for success for women in film at the time.