Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ wins best picture, overcomes backlash with three awards

The road-trip dramedy had a bumpy road to the Oscars, but “Green Book” ended up taking the night’s biggest prize anyway.

The 1960s-set film about a black musician and his white bodyguard driver on a road trip through the Jim Crow South won three awards at the 91st Academy Awards: best picture, best original screenplay and best supporting actor, for Mahershala Ali.

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