Academy takes 'historic' steps to increase diversity
- 8 years ago
The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved dramatic changes to alter its membership to increase diversity in a unanimous vote Thursday night.
The ignominiously-dubbed #AllWhiteOscars has led to outcry as well as director Spike Lee, actress Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith to boycott the February 28 Oscars hosted by Chris Rock.
Here are some of the other diversity enhancing steps the academy announced Friday:
Potential limits for existing members: The academy set out to limit the voting powers of members not active in the film industry.
Bringing in new members: The academy will supplement the "traditional process in which members sponsor new members" by launching an "ambitious, global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity," according to the academy release.
The ignominiously-dubbed #AllWhiteOscars has led to outcry as well as director Spike Lee, actress Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith to boycott the February 28 Oscars hosted by Chris Rock.
Here are some of the other diversity enhancing steps the academy announced Friday:
Potential limits for existing members: The academy set out to limit the voting powers of members not active in the film industry.
Bringing in new members: The academy will supplement the "traditional process in which members sponsor new members" by launching an "ambitious, global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity," according to the academy release.