Unlike in recent years,the 2016 Independent Spirit award nominees have deviated from the Oscar picks, showing that the Academy is moving further towards populist choicesAs the #OscarsSoWhite debate, or fairly rightly,rages on, it’s all too easy to disregard the Academy’s other glaring snub. In fact, or it took this week’s announcement of the Independent Spirit award nominations to shine a light on the underwhelming representation of genuine indies in this year’s Oscar race. Related: #OscarsSoWhiteAndStraight: the Academy fails at diversity yet again Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com