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Oscars: Academy Unveils New Equity And Inclusion Standards, Returns To Firm 10 Best Picture Nominees
“The Academy will encourage equitable hiring practices and representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the film community. To ensure more diverse representation, and in collaboration with the Producers Guild of America (PGA), the Academy will create a task force of industry leaders, appointed by David Rubin and that will include governor and A2020 Committee chair DeVon Franklin, to develop and implement new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars eligibility by July 31, 2020. Eligibility for films in consideration for the 93rd Academy Awards® (2020) will not be impacted.
“Beginning with the 94th Academy Awards (2021), the Best Picture category will be set at 10 nominees, rather than a fluctuating number of nominations from year to year. The Academy will also implement a quarterly viewing process through the Academy Screening Room, the streaming site for Academy members, also starting with the 94th Academy Awards. By making it possible for members to view films released year-round, the Academy will broaden each film’s exposure, level the playing field, and ensure all eligible films can be seen by voting members.”
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This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.Halle Berry remains the only woman of color to ever win the Lead Actress Oscar. Viola Davis remains the only woman of color to ever win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. During her speech, she said “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity … You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.”
It’s not enough to give lip service and small, supporting, token roles to people of color both in front of and behind the camera. BAFTA needs to investigate why 100% of its acting nominees were white this year and the Oscars need to investigate why the acting branch nominated white actors in 19 of the 20 acting categories. This goes back to hidden racial biases and the mostly white academy members relating more to people who look like them.
ReplyCopy URLIm excited for it going back to 10 movies. But its a little disappointing its not this year they are starting this
I disagree. This year’s field is so weak that the academy will struggle to find 10 worthy nominees without nominating blockbusters, which they’ll never do.
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This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.They actually did, for 2009 and 2010 it was a fixed 10. They only started using the sliding scale from 2011 onwards.
It’s ironic that they increase the Best Picture field in the year of covid-19, which could potentially affect the number of worthy contenders.
Oh I know it was straight 10 before. The point is that they annouced that’s it’s coming back, but for 2021 movies. I think it should be brought back for 2020 movies as well.
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This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.10 system? THANK FUCK, I don’t have to randomly guess how many nominees we’ll get.
And trying to expose more films is great – the 2020 nominees being so centred around a very small set of nominees might be a one-off.
Regarding the inclusivity measures, the proof in those is how effective they ultimately will or won’t be at their goal, but without knowing I can say an attempt is appreciated.
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