Los Angeles (AP) -. After massive criticism of ethnic monotony in this year’s selection of the Academy Award-nominated American Academy responds of Motion Picture Arts: She wants to double the number of women and members of minority groups among its members by 2020 as Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs told
In the leadership of the Organisation of the change is to begin immediately. It three new board position would be created in order to achieve more diversity there. “The Academy will lead and not wait for the industry digests,” she said.
background are boycott threats black artist from the Academy Awards in late February, because the second consecutive year, no black actors in the Actor category was nominated. Among other director Spike Lee wants to avoid the ceremony, as well as actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.
The Academy, which awards the Oscars, has approximately 6,000 members. Although officially it is not known how many of them minorities. But is certain that men and whites are in the majority. This is considered a reason that minorities are less likely to film trophy.
“We are all well aware that membership is quite closed with us, if you will,” Boone said in an interview to the news agency AP on Friday. “However, life has changed. Things have changed. “On the eve of the 51-member board of the Academy have therefore unanimously agreed on a series of reforms in order to initiate the process of significant transformation of the member structure.
48 per cent of the members of the organization should in future women make, “diverse group” to provide a level of at least 14 percent in the first step.
In addition, the voting rights of the Academy members should in future be limited to one decade. An extension will only be possible if the person concerned during the decade remains active in the film industry. A voice for life, it should only be those who have nominated for an Oscar or won one of the coveted cash cow – or have thirteen-year terms behind. Previously all Academy players
Hollywood actor Don Cheadle were determined for life.
welcomed the changes, however, reminded the audience a deeper structural Convert. With the reforms, only the symptoms are treated, not the root, because it’s more going to inclusion and access for Black people, women and minorities to entry level positions where they could give the green light for film projects, Cheadle said in an interview.Boone admitted that the Academy could honor films only, which would ultimately produced. But they believe that the action “move” “the needle” in all aspects of filmmaking going – whether in front or behind the camera or in the studio. The audience was eager to see their stories on the canvas, Boon said. Therefore, stories made of diversity also from a business perspective sense.
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