Oscars 2024: Looking back at the many firsts at the Academy awards

Parasite: the 2019 film by Bong Joon Ho became the first film by an Asian director to win the Best picture award. Image: IMDb

Everything Everywhere All at Once: Michelle Yeoh became the first actor of Malaysian origin to win an Oscar for this film. Image: IMDB

Slumdog Millionaire {2008}: This Danny Boyle film was the first movie with a completely non-white cast to win the Best picture Oscar: Image: IMDb

Moonlight: This 2016 movie was the first film with an all-black cast to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Image: Pinterest

12 Years A Slave: Steve Mcqueen became the first black filmmaker to win a Best Picture Oscar for this 2013 film. Image: IMDb