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

1/5: Parasite: the 2019 film by Bong Joon Ho became the first film by an Asian director to win the Best picture award. / Image: IMDb

2/5: Everything Everywhere All at Once: Michelle Yeoh became the first actor of Malaysian origin to win an Oscar for this film. / Image: IMDB

3/5: 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

4/5: Moonlight: This 2016 movie was the first film with an all-black cast to win the Oscar for Best Picture. / Image: Pinterest

5/5: 12 Years A Slave: Steve Mcqueen became the first black filmmaker to win a Best Picture Oscar for this 2013 film. / Image: IMDb