This feature film directed by Americans Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert tells the story of a laundry owner, played by Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, exhausted by her administrative hassles with the tax authorities, suddenly immersed in parallel universes.
The film was a smash hit last year, grossing some $100 million worldwide and being nominated for 11 Oscars.
Actress Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress, Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor, and Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress.
Film patriarch James Hong, 94, was the center of attention at Sunday's gala, receiving the award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture.
He shared his thoughts on the time when Hollywood cast white actors, "stabbing their eyes" (to curb them, editor's note) in Asian lead roles because producers thought "Asians weren't enough. good".
"But look at us now, huh?", he launched, under a huge ovation.
These SAG awards, coupled with awards at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) gala, put "Everything Everywhere All At Once" in good stead for the Oscars on March 12.
Other winners of the predominantly Asian cast of "Everything Everywhere" also referenced the long struggle for more diversity in Hollywood.
This prize "is not just for me, it is for all the little girls who look like me," said Michelle Yeoh.
Ke Huy Quan, who after appearing as a child in 1984's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" took a long hiatus from acting because there were "so few opportunities", said noted that he was the first Asian actor to win in his category.
"When I learned of this, I quickly realized that this moment no longer belonged just to me. It also belongs to everyone who 'worked for more diversity,' he said.
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