Elinor Burkett, who taught journalism at UAF for a year in 2003-04, rushed onto the stage at the Oscars Sunday night and took her fight with documentary director-producer Roger Ross Williams to a worldwide TV audience.

She said "the man never lets the woman talk," after moving in front of him. "Isn't that just the classic thing?"

It turns out that Burkett had been a producer on "Music by Prudence," the documentary for which Williams and Burkett won an Oscar, but she hasn't been connected with the project for nearly a year following an out-of-court settlement with Williams.

She says the documentary was her idea and Williams won't talk to her, according to comments she made later to Salon. She also said she was snubbed during Oscar week.

Williams said that contrary to Burkett's claim, Williams' 87-year-old mother did not try to stop her from getting to the stage with her cane. He also said that only one person is allowed to accept an award and she removed herself from the project nearly  a year ago, but was still able to "qualify as a producer."

Williams also said that he was "ambushed" by Burkett on stage and was in shock as she spoke. He told Salon he owns the film and she had nothing to do with the final product. 

Burkett told Salon:

What happened was the director and I had a bad difference over the direction of the film that resulted in a lawsuit that has settled amicably out of court. But there have been all these events around the Oscars, and I wasn't invited to any of them. And he's not speaking to me. So we weren't even able to discuss ahead of the time who would be the one person allowed to speak if we won. And then, as I'm sure you saw, when we won, he raced up there to accept the award. And his mother took her cane and blocked me. So I couldn't get up there very fast.

Burkett's appearance also became fodder for David Letterman's monologue Monday night.