Criticism of ‘white’ Oscar nominations – De Gelderlander

The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which annually hands out the Oscars, is disappointed by the lack of color in the nominations this year. That said Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American president of the Academy, to Deadline.

,, Of course I’m disappointed, but that does not detract from the great movies which have been nominated, “said Boone Isaacs. According to her, go to the efforts of the Academy more diverse be too slow. ,, We have to speed up things.”

One of the producers of the award show, Reginald Hudlin there thinks the same about. ,, I thought there was an extraordinary amount of Oscar-worthy work of dark artists and they are overlooked. That’s a lot, so it’s disappointing. “

African American actors like Will Smith (concussion) and Idris Elba (Beasts Of No Nation), which were quite nominated for a Golden Globe this month, come not in the list of Oscar nominations also Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, the lead actor and director of Creed, fished behind the net -. although Sylvester Stallone did receive a nomination for his supporting role in the movie The film Straight Outta Compton. with a predominantly African-American cast, received only one nomination, for white script writers.