It seemed really patronising to me. It was almost as if the crowd were playing up to a black actress winning an award as in a "oh, good, hasn't she done well" type thing. Nobody else of her professional standing received such an ovation. So, why her?
I also thought the presenters on Sky Movies were an embarrassment - particularly that woman in the red tights who couldn't sit still and kept splaying her legs up in the air, guffawing and munching on popcorn. Hideous!