Lo nyaka USpike Lee uya kuba ngumlawuli wokuqala omnyama ukuphumelela imbasa yeHollywood Academy, nangona iya kuba yeyozuko.
Nangona abanye abaye balathisa njengoSidney Poitier okanye uDenzel Washington bawufumene umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, ubukhulu becala bangabadlali kwaye iOscar yeza kubo ngalo mbandela.
USpike Lee uya kufumana i-Oscar ehloniphekileyo ngomsebenzi wakhe wokulawula, kunye nakwiskripthi, nangona engazange atyunjelwe i-Oscar yolwalathiso olungcono, into eye yaphunyezwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngabalawuli abathathu abamnyama, uJohn Singleton we-'Boyz N the Hood' ngo-1992 kunye no-Lee Daniels ' Precious' ngo-2010 kunye noSteve McQueen ngo-2013 'kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibini ebukhoboka' ('Iminyaka elishumi elinesibini ebukhoboka').
USpike Lee ayinguye yedwa oya kufumana i-Oscar yembeko, kodwa njengakwiminyaka yakutshanje, kuya kubakho abaphumeleleyo abathathu, uGena Rowlands kunye noDebbie Reynolds baya kuba ngamanye amawonga.
UGena Rowlands uza kufumana iwonga leOscar eneminyaka engama-85 emva kokuba ethathe inkwenkwezi kwiifilim zasentsomini ezifana nethi 'Umfazi Ophantsi Kwempembelelo' ('Umfazi Ophantsi Kwempembelelo') okanye u-'Gloria', nto leyo emenze watyunjwa ka-Oscar, okanye kutshanje 'Idayari kaNowa' ('Incwadana yamanqaku').
nomdlali weqonga, U-Debbie Reynolds uya kufumana i-Oscar yembeko kwisiqingatha senkulungwane emva kokunyulwa kwakhe kuphela UOscar ngoyena mdlali ubalaseleyo kwifilimu ethi 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'.