‘La La Land’ takes 5 prizes at British academy awards

Frothy musical “La La Land” took five prizes including best picture, but major awards also went to tough welfare-state drama “I, Daniel Blake” and fractured-family stories “Lion” and “Manchester by the Sea.” In keeping with an awards season that has coincided with a wrenching change of government in the United States, even “La La Land’s” prizes came with a political tinge.

a La La Landa takes five prizes at British academy awards

Director Ken Loach holds the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Film for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Actress Viola Davis poses with the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ‘Fences’ at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.