Cheryl Boone Isaacs says diversity in the film industry must be improved after the Academy fails to recognise any actors or directors of colourCheryl Boone Isaacs,president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has responded to the controversy surrounding this year’s all-white Oscar nominations and confessed to being disappointed about the lack of diversity.
Snubs for Idris Elba, and Benicio del Toro,Rocky reboot Creed and NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton maintain been seen as frustrating backward steps after final years nominations also failed to include David Oyelowo for Martin Luther King drama Selma, or any other actors of colour.
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Source: theguardian.com