Nomadland's 'Herculean effort' to finish film amid coronavirus pandemic
'Nomadland' producer Peter Spears has insisted it was a "Herculean effort" to finish the film amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Great Recession drama scooped the Best Picture gong at Sunday's (25.04.21) Academy Awards, and Spears believes the "timing was right" to release the motion picture - which stars Frances McDormand as a woman who leaves home to travel around the American West - because the story "resonated" with people. He said: "I view the ability to finish this movie in the midst of a pandemic and release it was a Herculean effort. "The timing was right and the story resonated for pe...