<br /> Romantic fantasy“The Shape of Water” won the best picture Oscar on Sunday.<br />Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, won best director.<br />His win shattered the hopes of a rare win by a woman or a black filmmaker.<br />The night has themes of female empowerment and activism.<br />Greta Gerwig’s independent mother-daughter tale“Lady Bird” came away empty-handed.<br />Racial satire“Get Out” got just one award, for original screenplay. <br />
