Hollywood's motion picture academy to introduce new eligibility rules to boost diversity among Oscars nominees under a raft of new measures
Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York, US, January 25, 2018.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has been criticised for honouring few movies and creators of colour, said the move and other steps represented a new phase of a 5-year effort to promote diversity. The academy responded in part by doubling the number of women and people colour in its invitation-only ranks. Still, by 2019 just 32 percent of its roughly 8,000 members were women, and 16 percent were people of colour."We know there is much more work to be done in order to ensure equitable opportunities across the board," Academy Chief Executive Dawn Hudson said. "The need to address this issue is urgent.
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