Nomadland – a $5 million budget film that spotlights the often-ignored life of nomads (people without a house who spend their life moving from place to place) has gone on to clinch Oscar’s top-rated “Best Picture” award.
In addition to winning “Best Picture”, Nomadland also earned ChloĂ© Zhao the “Best Director” award while its lead actress Frances McDormand won “Best Actress”.
ChloĂ© Zhao, who also directed Marvel’s upcoming superhero film “Eternals” made history at the 2021 Oscars as the first woman of colour – and the second woman at all – to win the best director award at the Oscars.
Nomadland is based on a 2017 non-fiction book titled Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, written by American journalist Jessica Bruder.
With a budget of just $5 million, Nomadland has joined the tiny list of low-budget movies that went ahead to win Oscars’ revered “Best Picture” award.
Moonlight, with a budget of just $1.5 million, set a muted record in 2017 after it won Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards – one of the lowest-budget movies to receive massive recognition at the Oscars.
Feats like these are often referenced as a reminder that a good story can still be told in the absence of big millions.
