were announced on Thursday, January 14, 2015, featuring all white actors in the four acting categories.
"There’s a belonging problem in Hollywood" - filmmaker on Oscars controversy
"It’s emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.”
Ava Duvernay
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The obvious lack of diversity and absence of a black actor nominee has been a controversial topic since the announcement.
"Selma" director, Ava Duvernay, has more to say on the snubs. Speaking during a Sundance event, the filmmaker who was snubbed in 2015 for her movie "Selma," said she'd rather use another word than "diversity."
“I feel it’s a medicinal word that has no emotional resonance, and this is a really emotional issue. It’s emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.”
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Speaking to New York Times, the director said "There’s a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.”
Commenting on the recent Duvernay said;
“Change has to happen, it has to happen with the people who dictate who belongs. It’s disconcerting to hear people say that shouldn’t change. That’s the very reason it should.”
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