The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences took a big step this week to including more women and people of color in its organization by sending out a record 683 invitations, which included Nia Long. On Thursday, Long shared her excitement over the Academy’s attempt to increase diversity in its ranks during an appearance […]
getty images The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is delivering on its promise to diversify its membership. Today the organization extended 683 membership invitations to actors, filmmakers and executives alike. Of that group, 41 percent are people of color and 46 percent are female. According to the Academy’s website, this means that the […]
In the late 1960s, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences faced an identity crisis as the taste of its members, many of them veterans of the old studio system, began to seem out of step with the rapidly changing times. Grappling to reward both relevance and excellence, then-academy President Gregory Peck began recruiting […]
