'Selma' director Ava DuVernay among six elected to join Academy's board of governors

Selma director Ava DuVernay among six newly elected to Academy's board of governors

"Members of the Academy called in to the studio and our producers saying, 'How dare they do that?' 'Why are they stirring s—?' and 'We are not going to vote for that film because we do not think it is their place to be doing that,'" Oyelowo said in a recent interview. "It's part of why that film didn't get everything that people think it should've got, and it birthed #OscarsSoWhite.

The new board members bring the number of women among the Academy governors to 26 from 25, and the number of people of color to 12 from 11, including the three governors-at-large.

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