Pixar's Soul won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film in 2020.Soul, a jazz-focused film centered on a middle school music teacher named Joe (Jamie Foxx), beat fellow nominees The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Over the Moon and Wolfwalkers, at the 78th Golden Globe Awards for the Best Animated Film in 2020, as reported by Variety.Disney congratulated the cast and crew of Soul on Twitter, posting, "Congratulations to the cast and crew of #PixarSoul for their #GoldenGlobes win for Best Animated Feature!"
In Soul, aspiring jazz musician Joe Gardner seeks to reunite his soul and his body after they are accidentally separated in an accident, hours before his big break. Music from the film was inspired by a middle school jazz band out of Oakland, California.
At one point in Soul, Joe is forced to go to the barbershop after he tries to cut his own hair but fails. The film's co-director Kemp Powers recently discussed the importance of showing Joe at a Black-owned barbershop, stating, "Joe had to A) Get his hair fixed. And B) Enter a truly black space. And there's really no more authentic a black space in a community than a barbershop." Powers wrote the scene that ultimately made its way into Soul's final cut.
Foxx previously shared his enthusiasm for having Joe's barbershop scene in Soul's story, stating, "Kemp was smart, [he] was like, 'No, I want him to be Black, I want that haircut to be [right]. When we've got to get a cut, that’s a cultural thing."
It was previously reported that Soul was one of the most-watched streaming films in 2020 and ranked highest during its Christmas season debut on Disney+. The animated film generated $7.6 million at the box office in its China opening and other overseas markets.
Over its Christmas weekend release, Soul beat out The Office for the most amount of streaming minutes. Soul was the most-watched title from December 21 through 27 with a total record of 1.669 billion minutes of streaming.
Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers, Soul stars Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs and Angela Bassett. The film is currently available on Disney+.
Source: Variety