Academy Head Pledges Reforms Due to Oscars 2016
The head of the Academy of Sciences has made a special statement on the scandal that arose due to the absence of representatives of racial minorities in the list of nominees for the 2016 Oscar. Sherryl Boone Isaacs described the current situation as unacceptable and promised "deep reforms" in the structure she controls. "First of all, I would like to acknowledge the brilliant work of our current nominees. But, while celebrating their outstanding achievements, it is with pain in my heart and disappointment that I note their lack of diversity. This is a difficult but necessary conversation and time for big changes. The Film Academy announces Significant changes in our personnel policy. In the coming days, perhaps weeks, we will conduct a full revision of the rules for recruiting new members in order to further bring such a much-demanded variety, "- says the document received by the editorial office of the Novosti Kino portal. According to Sherryl Boone Isaacs, there is nothing unusual in such reforms, "something similar already happened in the 60s and 70s of the last century." The head of the Film Academy promised that all factors will be taken into account when forming the composition of the Film Academy, including "gender, race, sexual orientation" and so on. Recall that the lack of "color" nominees for the Oscar 2016 caused discontent among some famous moviemakers. So, director Spike Lee called for a boycott of the ceremony, and Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith supported him. The Topic of Article: Academy Head Pledges Reforms Due to Oscars 2016. |
