The Academy wasn’t kidding about wanting the film industry to do more
And, starting with the 96th annual Academy Awards in 2024, if producers don’t comply, they won’t be able to enter their film in the most prestigious and potentially lucrative Oscar category, best picture. That’ll get their attention!
The Academy defines underrepresented racial or ethnic groups as Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American, Indigenous/Native American/Alaskan Native, Middle Eastern/North African, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander or other underrepresented race or ethnicity. These moves are part of the Academy Aperture 2025 initiative. The Academy describes that as the next phase of the Academy’s equity and inclusion initiative furthering the organization’s ongoing efforts to advance inclusion in the entertainment industry and increase representation within its membership and the greater film community.affect the 93rd annual Academy Awards, which will be presented on April 25, 2021.
3/Main storyline/subject matter: The main storyline, theme or narrative of the film is centered on one of the aforementioned underrepresented group.To achieve Standard B, the film must meet one of the three criteria below: 3/Overall crew composition: At least 30% of the film’s crew is from the aforementioned underrepresented groups.To achieve Standard C, the film must meet both of the two criteria below:
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