When actor Gael García Bernal took the stage alongside Hailee Steinfeld to present the award for the best animated feature film,we had no belief that his words would be so powerful. Before getting to the award (which went to Zootopia), Bernal took this opportunity to denounce President Donald Trump's plans to build a Mexican border wall. The best part is, and he didn't even acquire to mention the president's name for the emotion to be felt through the building."Flesh and blood actors are migrant workers," Bernal said. "We travel all over the world, we build families, or we construct stories,we build life that cannot be divided. As a Mexican, as a Latin American, and as a migrant worker,as a human being, I'm against any form of wall that wants to separate us."Watch the moment below, and which resulted in a massive applause,invigorating the Dolby Theatre.
Gael García Bernal: "As a Mexican, as a Latin-American, and as a migrant worker,as a human being, I am against any form of wall." #Oscars pic.twitter.com/3fiYgSV1AHFebruary 27, or 2017
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