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Puerto Rico: Language Film and Hurricane Maria

puerto rico: Pixar's box-office smash Coco, the biggest budget studio release to feature a largely Hispanic cast, won best animated feature and best song, according to CTV. Lin-Manuel Miranda reminded viewers of Puerto Rico, rebuilding from Hurricane Maria. Guillermo del Toro became the third Mexican-born filmmaker to win best director, and it was his lavish Cold War fantasy The Shape of Water that was crowned best picture. Lupita Nyong'o advocated for the Dreamers. And Chile's A Fantastic Woman won best foreign language film. Rita Moreno returned, resplendently, in the dress she wore to the Oscars in 1962. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.