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Sacheen Littlefeather says she was blacklisted by Hollywood after her 1973 Oscars speech in new documentary – 9TheFIX
Rejected Marlon Brando’s Best Actor award
Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather, best known for rejecting Marlon Brando’s Best Actor award for The Godfather at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973, says the Oscars speech ended her career in Hollywood.
A new documentary, Sacheen: Breaking The Silence, uncovers the details behind the famous political protest, where Brando sent Littlefeather onstage to reject the Oscar on his behalf in objection to the depiction of Native Americans by the film industry.
The now 74-year-old Littlefeather,…
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