Diversity debate rages as non-white actors and directors miss out while Bafta CEO points to stiff competition in strong year and defends British focusThe Bafta film awards have been hit with a diversity row after no BAME actors were nominated for the main-role categories,nor for best director.
The most strident complaints came from the US, with Hollywood Reporter columnist Scott Feinberg labelling the omissions – particularly that of Fences actor-director Denzel Washington and Moonlight director Barry Jenkins “egregious” and writing that the situation “stinks worse than week-extinct fish and chips”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com