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Pixar's 'Soul' Wins Best Animated Feature — The Film Never Played In U.S. Theaters

Last fall, with most theaters closed due to COVID-19, Disney announced it would release Soul exclusively on its streaming service Disney+. Soul is the first Pixar film to feature a Black protagonist.
The Disney/Pixar film<em> Soul</em> centers on Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx), a middle school band teacher who longs to be a jazz musician.

Pixar's Soul has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, becoming the only film ever to win that award without playing in U.S. movie theaters.

Last October, with the COVID-19 pandemic — which centers on a jazz musician who's trying to reunite his accidentally separated soul and body – as a Christmas release exclusively on its streaming service Disney+.

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