Saturday, February 21, 2015

Oscar protest planned over all-white nominees

Director Ava DuVernay (L) and actor David Oyelowo at the "Selma" screening during AFI FEST at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood African-American civil rights groups plan to protest outside Sunday's Oscars show, where every single one of this year's 20 acting nominees is white. "The goal of the protest is to send a message to the Academy, send a message to Hollywood, send a message to the film industry," said Earl Ofari Hutchinson, head of the LA Urban Policy Roundtable group. "And the message is very simple: you don't reflect America, your industry doesn't reflect America. Notable snubs included Britain's David Oyelowo, widely tipped for playing Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma".








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